00 and I wasexpected to bring the money to them. Failure to bring back themoney would be dealt with harshly, I was told. The phone rangand I was instr...cted to answer. "Hello". "Hi, may I speak withDyanne"? "Yes, this is Dyanne." "I'm sure you do not remember mebut we met briefly last evening." I could hear him snickering."Through a mutual friend I was provided your phone number andthey indicated you would be available for entertaining tonight.Can you accompany me to dinner?" Yes I guess. But. Leaving them to the limelight, a new experience for both, I move back. Pulling my phone out I call Randy to ask him to see about trust funds for everyone except Robert. He promises to talk to the lawyer who handles the Schlene’s matters to warn him about the big income for the kids. He’ll also ring Robert to recommend some people to help him handle his money matters for the best tax results.While I’ve got the phone out I check for a text message from Sharon. It’s there. I’ve got to see the. ‘Thank you for a lovely evening,’ she said as she pushed her hair back and looked for her keys. She looked up at me with a soft smile. ‘Thank you for saying yes,’ I said. I had myself all worked up for this moment. I thought things had gone exceptionally well, and I was going to at least try. It was almost compulsion at this point. I leaned in to give her a kiss, but she shied away. ‘Oh, boy,’ she said, exasperated. ‘Listen, Thad, I like you and all but we only just had dinner and I’m not sure. I’m in the same boat.’ Sure enough, my flight was gone, and I didn’t see any additional flights to Boston up on the board. It was 11:15 pm. He walked me over to US Airways customer service, the carrier for my flight to Boston. It was in another terminal, so we had a long walk. There was silence as we both weighed the connection between us and tried to figure out what it meant. I asked him if there were any more flights to Houston that evening and he said he didn’t think so but had not yet been.