"Valerie's eyebrows shot up. "I wasn't hitting on you, just complimenting you."Kerri wanted to slap herself. She was so rude. She apologized, "I'm sor...y. It's just... you know, early in the morning and I'm a little cranky." Oh, I understand. I get like that, too. It's like turning into the Green Hulk," Valerie smiled.The pair of ladies laughed, eliminating the awkward tension. "By the way, I'm Kerri and welcome to the neighborhood," Kerri greeted as she extended her hand for a friendly. She looked over at the laptop and then back at the folder. She was hit with a sudden epiphany as she realized what Dan had done.Sitting back in the chair she shouted, “I am such an idiot!”Surprised at the volume of Terry’s exclamation, Susan asked, “Why do you say that?”“This whole meeting was about my plans for the expansion. I missed the most basic ‘Dan Question’ of them all!”“What?”“What does this plan do to Dan’s life?” Terry answered wondering why that question had never made it to her. I took another gentle sip of the deliciously rounded, oak matured Carignan, my hazel eyes slowly moving from left to right, taking in first one, then the other of the two lovers that have been such an intricate and intimate part of my life since that first night all those years ago. A whole raft of emotions passing through me in milliseconds.Could it really be 30+ years since that night we first became lovers? The obvious answer being YES!At 47 i'm in fair shape. The years have been kind to me. The whole week I had her essence harassing my senses, I was unable to even look at her, much less talk to her. It wasn’t until the following Saturday when mom and dad went to a movie that my avoiding her became impossible.I was just trying to relax and enjoy a night off at home after another week of hard work. I was watching some vids on the web, as is normal. I heard my sister come home, she and some dude were messing around in the kitchen.“Shhhhh! Someone’s gonna hear us!” my sister.