Once there they flew from Havana to New York City where a large contingent of socialites greated them with a lavish welcome home dinner in the Astor L...ng Island Mansion."Home again, darling," Grace said, looking in the mirror taking off her exquisite ear rings and dropped them in a velvet and silk box. When she was finished with her jewels, she locked them in a wall safe covered with an oil painting they both posed for in the early nineteen thirties. On advice from several men in the know,. "Okay, Dory, that's what we'll do. You call me when you need to talk." Okay, Steve. I'll call you ... next."I thought she might have said soon or something like that, but she must have changed her mind. As I hung up, I had a feeling I wouldn't be hearing from her any time in the near future. Once again, no mention of me being "Stevie."I was a miserable S.O.B. the next day and it was all I could do not to bite the head off anyone who got in the way or gave me bad news. It was out of character. I grabbed my phone and noticed a text message from Laura. I guess I did not hear the phone go off while I was in the shower. It read, “I can’t wait any longer, please come over now”. “I am on my way” I texted back.Outside her house I sat in the truck for a few minutes preparing for what was to come. The next couple of hours will determine the next thirty years of my life. I was finally getting nervous about this. I could only imagine how Laura felt all day. As soon as I knocked on the door it. “Oh my,” and with that Deb took off for her room.It was just before midnight on the following Saturday night and I was again up doing my fatherly duty.Deb was out on a date with another new boy. I’d met him earlier before they went out and told them her curfew was midnight.“Yes, Daddy! Don’t worry,” Deb said before kissing me on the cheek and heading out the door with her date.So now I was sitting in my recliner, looking at the clock and again getting ready to go through my mental list of.