When I walked in the room my heart sank… most of his clothes were in the hamper as they belonged. But sitting on the bench by the door was his silk ...ecktie, waiting for me. I could only stare at it a moment before he called for me. “Darling, please come out here”.I went up to his chair, and sat on the arm; he didn’t move.“So, I had quite the surprise today, ” he said.“Oh really? And what was that?” I was almost too afraid to ask, but I knew it was what he wanted me to do.“Well, love. I came. "Beautiful, but wild... in fact, there's rumors of a madman roaming those very woods." Madman?" Probably just a story." Oh." Although some people have disappeared." Really!" Naw, I'm just teasin' you. Still..." Sara waved the gun."Thanks but no thanks," Annie said. "I'm a big girl. I can be brave. I can take care of myself." Well, then, best follow my directions carefully," Sara said sternly. "We may have rounded up all the madmen, but there's still plenty of lions and tigers and bears." Then. The ball was in his court."Vlad does not show these movies in America," he said."Can it, Vlad," I said. "I know you only have that accent when you're trying to talk us into something. Those are the terms. And I want Addie to wear a wig when we do it." And you swear you'll never tell them I showed you their movie?" he asked, all traces of his accent gone."Deal," I said.Five minutes later we were staring at the big twenty inch monitor, watching as Natalie, playing Little Bo Peep, watched over a. I mean she was smart. She was good-looking too. Too good looking for me, oh don't get me wrong. I mean that she was so good looking a guy like me wouldn't stand a chance. So we talked and flirted a little, okay it really wasn't flirting I simply noticed her clothes and hair and complimented her. Paid attention to her, listened to her. I could see that we were well on our way to becoming good friends - oh well.All of this preambling about on my part was leading up to our end of the quarter.