That had made Lani wonder if Karl, at least, wanted Dee to meet the plane even if he hadn’t said so. "I'm sure they've put it away and are getting r...ady for the next one. They can't dwell on the losses." She stopped there, although she'd meant to say more. Her brother had dwelt on the losses; more, he had blamed her for them. So much so that now they rarely spoke, and even that was at family gatherings where the mask of civility was put on for show. Lani shook her head as though she could. That’s going to allow us to make it more generic and sell to more companies.“We also have to consider skill sets. While Tom certainly has very good skills, he’s a Prime Information and Advanced Revelation programmer. Are we really going to have enough work for him next year? And if we don’t, is he going to be happy working on other software? Have you talked to him about that?”“No,” Dave said.“Why don’t you start there?” she said. “That might solve most of the problem.”“What? Just ask him to. They had both been practically manic in their anticipation of having him home for the holidays. A schedule for his ... services ... had actually been drawn up. They stared, open mouthed, and didn’t even hug him.Monica could have handled this in two ways. One would have been to put her hand through his elbow, establishing possession, and taken the attitude of, “He’s mine now, bitches. I have the keys to the kingdom, and if you want any scraps in the future, you need to kowtow to me.” It would be. But, truthfully, it was your husbands that made me really want to join in. I am so turned on I can't believe it. And it's four, hot, naked men that's done it. So let's drink our coffee, I'm ready for whatever's next."They all applauded, actually clapped as Melody's flushed face began to pale.Chapter 3It was only about ten minutes before everyone was finished with coffee when Carmen got up and got some music going, nice, slow, romantic dance music."Okay, we can begin with our partners but when.