He hoped when she woke this morning, she would agree to move forward with a plus-one relationship. Mack had thought about it last night while watching...Mary with John. He had a new thought this morning about a marriage plan and wanted the three of them to talk it out later.No sense just sitting here. He decided to shower, stood up, and walked back into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. He set the dial to Hot and stepped into the shower to let the water stream over his head and down his. Our net met nightly and many people who had never been hams were actively on the air. It was the primary method of getting news out. Cell phone coverage was more and more spotty. The landline phones had gone with the power grid.The Amazons moved back to Preservation last fall. There were children coming along to be taught and Atlanta was no longer fairing well. We had had no response in the last six months to our CNN ads for people. The Amazons hadn't found any new people in almost that length. “Thank you. I will definitely call you. You’re so sweet and kind. Hell not once did you even hit on me. It felt nice” as she takes the slip of paper.I walk her back to her car. “This is my stop.” She then leans in and gives me a quick peck on the lips. Her lips were soft and sweet. I could taste the remnants of her cherry lip gloss mixed with her soda. As I looked at her after the kiss I wanted more, but didn’t want to force it. “Sorry. I just thought…. I don’t know what came over me” She. The food came almost as fast and thick as the wine. Thefood was decent but from the murmurs of approval around the table I guessedthe wine was excellent. Somebody was doing very well in this household. Iknew Carmela had a good job now, but I never did, unless Sebastien had madesomething of my life.The conversation was mostly legal, technical, or company oriented. Implants,or Caroline to give her her real name, was the only one who looked lost ifSebastien was otherwise engaged or Henry was with.