Learning From Your Elders Maddie brought coffee with her as she greeted PE, LB and RT. It was 9am and they were right on time as usual. Hey guys, how ...s your day so far she asked and PE frowned and said Not as good as usual Hon. Maddie sat down beside LB and asked if there was a problem and if there was anything she could do to help. The three old men looked at each other then at Maddie and began to grin. Well actually Hon, there is PE said. Maddies raised eyebrow encouraged him to continue.. I did try pointing out that it was more or less my corporation but the woman can be intransigent at times and this, clearly, was one of them.To be fair, too, she appeared to be quite confident that things were in hand – as far as anyone could tell, I mean – and anyway I knew that current difficulties were much closer to her skills and experience than mine but ... it was still frustrating. And, of course, very, very, boring.People came in when they could – Debbie quite frequently, always looking. " Michael smiled too as he almost felt obliged to smile as Yusuf smiled at him and continued his charm offensive towards Melissa and him. Melissa handed Michael the card and asked him to put it in the handbag. They walked to the pub arm in arm and Michael said "Melanie? Don't I get a choice in this name? Oh yes and Yusuf was very keen on you wasn't he?" Melissa laughed and replied "Sorry but it was the first name that came into my head, plus it starts with the same letter as Michael. Now you. John came walking in with about five or six girls all upper class ones with him. They all went their separate ways as he walked over to our table. John bent over and he kissed me on my cheek.“I see you had an escort to lunch,” I said.“Just fans Janet that’s all,” John replied with a smile as he sat down next to me.John leaned over; he whispered into my ear, “I see you made a new friend.” “OH Adam, this is John my boyfriend,” “John this is Adam my new friend,” I said with a smile.John reached.