The man who'd often said he'd never retire was making plans for a longer visit the next year before he even left. The golf, the boating, the fishing h...d convinced him. He'd turned sixty-three that year and had finally realized that there were other things he wanted to do in life while he still had the chance.Of course mom's constant gushing about how much she loved Florida echoing around him for the seven weeks hadn't hurt. Although they hadn't bought anything, mom had even got dad out to go. Apparently there were a few things going on before the meeting. This public meeting was just for show; there was no real business carried out.I knew this because Jenny had given me blow by blow accounts of some of the meetings. The important business was done behind closed doors. Sometimes she had come home so frustrated she just had to unload on someone. I always let her unload on me. Then afterwards we would either work ourselves into the ground in the gym or have a marathon sex session. We. It was Cody who was on top of her. She focused on his even breathing as she tried to slow her breathing. It’s just Cody, she repeated in her mind. She stared at the pale white wall as she focused. She could do this, she told herself focus Bailey. Her heart rate slowed, her breathing became even. Bailey lips curved into a small smile as it worked, this was a new step, a new step of getting over her fears. She didn’t want to think about those right now, not when she was in bed with Cody.She. ‘Sure, let’s call the animal control officers. They can hunt her down, capture her, and put her in a shelter cage, where an adult dog has about as much chance of adoption, as I do of getting married again. It’s also about the same chance as you being killed by a suicide bomber in downtown Aster, or Ed getting laid.’ I was on a roll. ‘Then there is hope,’ Ed said, smiling. ‘Then we give her till the end of the month, then one of us adopts her.’ Lucas said, very defensively. ‘Come here and look.’.