Carol was standing by the counter,apparently waiting on us. She smiled when we came in."There you are. Dani you are always so punctual and I love that...outfit.You have the cutest taste in clothes, although I don't think I could weardresses like you do all the time. Hank, I'm glad you came. It will onlytake a minute to check out everything and see if I can help you. I wouldbe surprised if this is more than just a formality. Why don't the two ofyou head back to the first dressing room and Hank. . my momma didn't raise no dumb ass idiot. Well ... maybe I was a dumb ass for marrying the woman I'd fallen in love with ... but that's a whole other kettle of fish."Well, let's get on with this then ... I have some other things to attend to shortly, and my time is kind of high value at the moment. Here's the short story Joe. I need to put on your thinking and memory cap and think back real hard and real long. I want you to remember back to the very first time you hooked up with Theresa again. It wasn’t ten minutes before she called again. ‘Mr. Nelson cautions that you minimize the amount of information you give the other representatives of the heirs. I’ll be happy to stop by and help you format a very conservative report.’ By a conservative report, I assumed she meant to keep some of the accounts in reserve, something I was perfectly capable of doing. I couldn’t form the words to discourage her from dropping by. She was on her way before I returned the receiver to its cradle. I went. It looked like campaign season was starting a little earlier than Mandy had predicted."The one thing that still bothers me, Daddy, is that Mom is mad at you. Apparently, very mad at you." That's still an understatement," he told Emily with a smile."So why would she get in bed with you?"Dave took a deep breath and let it out as he considered how to answer this question. He had been thinking about it ever since their conversation right after dinner. He knew that this question would come. It.