He was right about Jeri. In fact, he was right about every single member of Dave’s staff. Not a single person voiced any objections, and most of the... wanted to sign right away.“It looks like you were right,” Dave said.“We’ll see. Just because they seem happy to sign it sitting here with you and me doesn’t mean they’ll actually sign it. That said, the core team did all say they would, without reservation.”The same was true with the consulting team when Charlie and I met with them, and the office. "JC!" I exclaimed and hugged the man. he and I were only five years apart so we had grown up together. I hadn't seen him in years so his bald head and rather portly physique caught me off guard. "Dude, I haven't seen you in years. How are you?" Just fine. I've moved back to Chicago to take over for my dad since he isn't working very much now. You know, his bad back and all." Yes, I know. Is that still bothering him? I hadn't heard." Sure is. But anyway, what is going on this weekend?" Well,. .. through the flower gardens. I went in the darkness past Miss Polly's big backyard and all the way to Danny's. I hid behind the bushes ... I saw Danny's older brother in the driveway ... he was raging drunk and blasting his car stereo. He peeled out of the driveway like a madman. He'd carelessly left his sliding door wide open. I slipped into his bedroom door and into the hallway. I was so nervous ... What if I got caught? What would I say? I couldn't think about that now ... it was too late. If not, one of us was going to get a beating.I waited for the band to take a break, downed the large bourbon I had been sipping, and walked across the dance floor. I stopped about ten feet from their table and just stood there, waiting. Lesley and the guy were laughing at something together and only had eyes for each other.She finally looked up and saw me there. Lesley did a double take and her eyes got real big. Her hands went to her face and she started to shake her head as if to say no, no..