"He left and Nick went back to his files. He moved on to the next two years. With few exceptions it was more of the same. On their own, the young men ...id well with the exception of Harry who was not good at planning for the unexpected or reacting quickly and positively when things went wrong. George Roberts was a deadbeat. He was still not sure about Arthur. Neither Megan nor more importantly Norman had contradicted his first impression. Much would be revealed when he had his face to face. .. d ... didn’t find you attractive and want to b ... b ... b ... b ... be with you,” she lied. In fact, she would be here whether she wanted to or not. Her mother had made that very clear. But the fact that Tom was so handsome and she still had a crush on him helped.He turned to his wife. “It’s a wonderful present. Can we go play with it?”“Don’t you want dinner first?” Jessica asked.“No. Let’s eat later. I want to play with my toy first.”“You’re like a little kid sometimes.”“A little kid with. That front had a steel plate attached to protect the plywood. It was painted with Patrick Roy's picture from his days as the goalie for the Montreal Canadiens. I laughed and thought they wouldn't have put his Colorado Avalanche picture on it since this was Detroit Red Wing country.They had made it very tough to score on him. The whole goal was covered from side to side and top to bottom except strategically placed slots in the goalie's vulnerable spots. The top and bottom corners had small. "Good for you," Stacy held her drink high with her own left hand and Wren couldn't help but notice that she wore no wedding band. She sipped her eggnog and set the cup carefully on the bar."Oh?" Wren smiled with some confusion and even the bartender looked down the length of the bar at the happy sound of Stacy's voice."You shouldn't be ashamed of that," she said, leaning closer although the two of them were side-by-side already. "A man has every right to bachelorhood." I'm not ashamed of it,".