As he sat nursing his beer, he suddenly heard his name being called out. The voice was so unmistakable that he immediately recognized its owner, thoug... it had been many years since he actually heard her speak. No, this was not his cheating bitch of an ex-wife, though in his mind it was a tossup as to which woman he despised more. ‘Mrs. Murphy,’ he replied, barely acknowledging her presence, ‘I’d heard you were back in town,’ he said in his most monotone voice. ‘Hello, Derek, and please call me. And in that spirit, here’s a copy of the letter that I sent you. I had a bad feeling that I needed to copy it, because your family might destroy it. Also, let me apologize to you and Stephanie directly for accusing you of those things,” Adi choked back some tears now.“Apology accepted,” Damien smiled at Adi.This won him a smile from her that reached her eyes and brightened up the room in spite of her tears. Damien closed the distance and took her into his arms, their lips soon joined in a very. I guessed he wasabout six feet tall, though he was lanky and not very well built, andhe had short-ish well-styled light brown hair. I'd noticed his deepblue eyes earlier. He was dressed kind of preppy, same as I normallywas.While watching him I felt something strange and unfamiliar inside me.It was the first time in my life I'd felt an attraction to another guy!Rehearsals were going to be very interesting, I thought.*****Life went on as normally as it possibly could, considering my crazylife,. "She had some Christmas presents she wanted to exchange, and some other shopping to do. I've got to go to Warsaw, and I've got to leave pretty soon." What's in Warsaw, Daddy?" Tiffany asked."There's going to be a grand opening of the new paper plant," her father said. "I've got to go to it." What's it going to be like?"Her father smiled at her. "There'll be a lot of men in business suits, standing around drinking coffee and making boring speeches about how wonderful it is," he said. "It's one.