She turned and concentrated on the dishes in the sink. ‘This can not be happening. He’s not like that. All of those things we talked about…’ �...�Are you happy, now,’ Dan growled at Jesse. ‘I’m ecstatic! See that? You should have taken your chance last night. My Jo’s a good girl. She doesn’t want anything to do with you. Get your freak ass off of my couch.’ ‘Why did you have to do that?’ ‘If you’d told the truth in the first place, there’d be nothing to do, and she wouldn’t’ve given you the time of. I’ll try to get your cousins to come down too. Those three need a good example to learn from.” She stretched out her arms and stepped forward to catch up Amanda in a hug. “I love you, Amanda. It’s so good to see you smile again. You haven’t done that much in a lot of years. Neither has Nicholas. The two of you are good for each other.” Amanda could only smile and nod, not trusting herself to speak to that. “Let me help you take your bags out to the car.”A few minutes later, Amanda. Melville looks like a new man, now that he has his wife back. He smiles and beams at her all the time. Godiva, Godiva looks incredible now that she is cleaned up and back home safe and sound. She is less gray and doesn't shrink back at every touch. She goes out of her way to hug us both."Oh Nim, I was so pleased when you called us for dinner," she gushes at him.Nimrod just stands and takes it in with an indulgent grin on his face. "Diva, I would have had you over first thing but, I figured you. When I got home, I was told that Dad just got a big promotion and was going to have to move to California. That's a real bummer because all of the family would be expected to relocate with him. I'm glad Dad got the promotion because he deserved it, but I hate the thought that we will have to break up!Oh, no! We can't let that happen. I've just found you, and I can't let you go! We have to figure out a way around this problem. Of course, I could just give your Dad a mental order to leave you.