I looked back up into her passionate blue-ish green eyes. Before I could stop myself I leaned back over and kissed her again. This time she didn’t ...esist or hesitate, and she kissed me back. After a few moments of the very soft kiss, I pulled away to see what she would say, after all, she had known me for less than 30 minutes. I could tell quickly that somewhere deep inside, this beautiful young woman, wanted to be given affection. Monica’s eyes spoke what the lips wouldn’t say. So I scooted. I'm sure that there was some grumbling; there's always a few that hate everything. All in all, everyone chipped in and did his or her share.Peggy really shined in the office. She was almost as good as Abby had ever been and my only problem was to make sure that I didn't spend ten dollars if we only had nine dollars in the bank. I consulted with Peggy before each major purchase and before bidding on any major project. Peggy made sure that we always got paid on time and anybody that didn't pay on. I’ll read the highlights of Clinton’s speech in the paper tomorrow.”“Have you ever watched the speech?”“Reagan in ‘81 and ‘85,” I said. “I know my parents always watched when I was little, but I don’t remember. The first political thing I really remember was Nixon’s resignation speech in ‘74. I was at Marydale when that happened.”“I wasn’t a news junkie back then.”“Me either,” I agreed. “Though I prefer my news from the Tribune or The Economist to TV. CNN is OK, but at times it drives me nuts. ."Wait a minute," I said to myself. "Ok, Alan, you know you don't believe in that kind of stuff, but maybe her mother can help you in all of this. She's into witchcraft and all that type of stuff. Maybe she would know a way to get through to her." I left her to her nightcap and took a drive to New Orleans to go see 'Mom'.It was a long and torturous 2 hour drive. I couldn't get the thought out of my mind that she would do something stupid and lose the baby. Every time the cell phone rang, I.