Um, do." He was blushing and I considered that to be a good thing...a good start. I then found myself idly wondering...how much I was blushing.When ...y son began his retreat, I straightened up and turned in his direction with a tray of my secret weapons in my hand. "Honey, you got the entire weekend to do your homework. I thought with dad off on his business trip...well, you and i could have some quality time together." I lifted the tray, feeling the warmth radiating across my mostly. "Mmm, manners, good. Your first appointment today sent her compliments Colin, she had a terrible day and said you were wonderful as always. We do have a new customer just passed vetting, do you think he's ready or do you want her." Said Janice."I have full confidence in him but I've not gone over most of it, he's just been observing and we talk after." Said Colin."Well keep me posted, you should be getting paged, pay attention to her sheet though, she may not be standard. Marcus, I look. I haven’t regretted a minute of my stay. Oh, and don’t forget to bring those special items I asked you to bring. Okay?”Giggling, Iris answered, “You mean you’ve managed to keep it a secret all week?”“WILL YOU HUSH! This place is full of mind readers! The only saving grace is that they’ve all been too busy to think about it.”Something was definitely afoot. Only Mary’s pleading kept me from going full ‘Jonah’ and trying to figure it out.Mary got home, just after Sarah and Emmy arrived. We decided. “She and I are very good friends. We’ve been playing basketball together on the same team for over two years.“Are you rethinking the bet?”The guy seemed really nervous especially if it meant backing down in front of his buddies but to lose to a couple of white kids with his own ball on his own court would be worse.“I ain’t afraid of a couple of honky kids.“But, I got better things to do with my time than to get sweaty winning your money in a basketball game.“I guess it is your lucky day after.