I still had not found a place to live and time was running short. I packed that anxiety away for another day and hopped in the shower. It was alread... 10:30am and I wanted to at least watch the early games with Jimmy and Kat before meeting Courtney for early evening drinks. I arrived at Jimmy and Kat’s apartment at 12:30pm. I had done two shots of tequila before heading over as a remedy for my frayed nerves. I was dressed in a blue gators tank top, as my orange version had been ruined. This was different from the past, when we’d sold off parts of the business. It wasn’t that we were losing focus, it was that our growth had made the company feel less personal, less like family. The situation in Chicago was different, and so were Colorado Springs and Pittsburgh. It was Durham and Dallas which engendered the strange feelings, most likely because they were not part of the ‘Original Three’, to make a parallel to the NHL. I’d sent people to run those original offices, and still had. Unfortunately as a new married man, I did not know just what to look for.It's the month of March. I'm attending a week long seminar. The seminars included training classes working with color and stamp concrete. The classes are all about teaching the tricks of installing color and stamped concrete.Our company planned on being a major supplier of these types of products in our area. I was going to be the main trainer for our area contractors. I needed to know everything that I could about color. Lynne's heart jumped for a moment, and then fell again. "I don't know his phone number. And talking to him is going to be hard ... I just know he'll decide I fucked up, and that I let Lenore down." You're sure you'll have an abortion, then?" The sentence was hanging in the air between them, and Lynne heard the word resound in her ears."Yes."Denise nodded. "Okay, we'll meet at five at your dorm, and then we'll go to Lenore and the Gunny's, and we'll have some wine, and I'll tell you all about.