It was the 23rd of August the time was 8:30, she knew the ritual, this was the sixth year in a row she had sat in this booth and waited, waited for th... clock to strike 8:39 so she could tell him all about the year and maybe say goodbye.Glancing slowly around the interior of the local watering hole, Jacob Billing known locally as the 'Bear' plied his ministrations to the top of the white oak bar. He was the owner, bartender and bouncer of the establishment. She looked past where he was standing,. ”“Hmm hmm.”This went on and on. “Black. White. Red. Yellow. Peach. Purple. White with pink polka dots. Pink.”“Hmm hmm. Hmm hmm. Hmm hmm.” Nadine kept shaking her head.“Navy blue.”Nadine hesitated, considering giving him credit for the blue part. But then she shook her head. “Hmm hmm,” she said.By this time, she was rolling her eyes a bit and giving me, Mike and Jeff occasional exasperated glances. When would this guy guess ‘light blue’?“Is it just one color?” he asked her.“Hmm hmm,” she. Sure enough, most of the women were dressed in very tramps outfits, many of them out doing mine. Nearly all of the people here were much younger than my husband and I and the bodies were all spectacular. Soon I was completely at ease in my revealing outfit, because of all the younger, hotter, sluttier women at the party to gather the guy's attention. My husband started playing pool with a few of the guys and left me at the bar. That was fine with me. I wanted to get my buzz going anyway. I. . exactly! He doesn't want to be too casual, but he doesn't want to overdress, either. I was wondering if ... really? Well, David will be very relieved to hear that. Thank you Miss Blake ... Veronica, for your help ... Wonderful, I'll look forward to meeting you."She broke the connection and turned to me. "She said Ceres is a very casual kind of guy. His idea of dressed up is shoes that you have to polish and that anyone wearing a tie at one of his affairs is usually part of the catering staff..