I often call her from work at about that time, so the call was not unexpected. She said that she thought it was me calling and that I was pretending t... be someone else (I have done that in the past). To further stress the point, she said that the voice on the phone sounded like one of my phony voices. From the start of the call she said that the guy had seemed honestly interested in her, what she was doing and what plans she had for the day, etc. This is typically what we talk about on our. CHAPTER 2At office closing time on the appointed day, each mother arrived to claimher respective offspring in preparation for the festivity. Docilely Iaccompanied my mother to my apartment where she had been staying with mefor the past week. Here I was given a tuxedo and a complete new set ofclothes, from shoes to underwear, and instructed to dress while shechanged in the other room.An hour later, she in her long gown and I in my tuxedo climbed into alimousine driven by one of my cousins for. He keeps me held tight against him and we sway slightly, barely moving. We stare in to each others eyes, messages of questioning and acceptance pass without even a word being spoken. Finally as the song ends we slowly make our way back to the table with hands lightly linked. We pay the bill and walk out in to the crisp night. We turn the corner in to the darkened parking lot where the rental car awaits. Again our eyes meet and instantly awareness zings through me as I know where this is headed.. No one was there. He sat and waited up for her, but no Loren. He made himself a drink, half expecting his wife, along with her sultry mood, but no Loren. He realized she was pissed for some reason, but this seemed a little too extreme. And by the evening of day two he had begun to miss her. He might have worried had this been the first time, but Loren had done this before, in fact it was part of her M.O.: Get annoyed with Jerry... stay out... sometimes for a few days. But Jerry didn't.