Our plates weren’t clear, but it was late, and we’d had enough to eat. In one sense. Em said: I think it’s time for us to go home. Will you sta... the night, please? If that’s really what you want, then yes, of course I will. Thank you. It is what I want, more than I could say, but hopefully I’ll be able to show you. I paid the bill, and we left the restaurant, hand in hand. It was now approaching midnight, but there were no thoughts of tiredness, we had both had a little alcohol, but neither. En veetil thapal potal mendum thirakum pozhuthu satham varum.Athanaal munbe thapal podamal irunthen, iravu aanathu naan porumaiyaaga ezhuthu entha sathamum kanbikamal porumaiyaaga thota vazhiyaaga veliyil sendru paarthen. Divagar angu enakaaga wait seithu irunthaan, avan ennai eppozhuthu santhiga vara solinaalum ulle penty matum bra ethum aniyamal thaan vara soluvaan.Indru naan kutai pavadai aninthu irunthen ulle ethuvume poda villai, eppozhuthum divagarum jatti aniyamatan iravu eppozhuthu en. I knew she was home with her husband and kids, so I expected nothing more than a friendly chat. Boy, was I wrong."Hey, how's it going?" Brandy asked.And the conversation started. And it continued. And it kept going.It seemed like a half hour or longer went by and we were still talking until Brandy led the conversation in another direction."Are you at the house with your daughter? I knew you'd said your wife worked tonight," Brandy said."Nope. She's at her grandparents house for the weekend.. Apparently Mark had plans for the evening whether he knew it or not, which meant that I was going to be spending time with Shannon, whether I was ready or not. Suddenly I was nervous.Allison picked up on it right away. She reached over and put her hand on my knee and said, "Jimmy, you'll be fine. I know you will. Just relax, and let things work themselves out. Trust me, I know Shannon. She has a vision in her head of how she wants things to go, and if you let her, she will guide you right down.