“That’s a complication we do NOT need.”“You won’t be at church this weekend, will you?”“No. I have to be in McKinley. It’ll make our f...mily Christmas celebration a bit tricky, and my mom isn’t happy we won’t all be at church together, but she knew this was a risk when I was ordained a subdeacon.”“And you leave for Michigan the day after Christmas?”“That’s right, and I’ll be back late on the 30th. Do you want to ride with Clarissa and me to McKinley or take your own car?”“If you can walk me to. Athena had two brothers and a sister. Her brothers ran the company while she and her sister enjoyed the fruits of their labors. It wasn’t that they were ungrateful, for they were. But the sisters ended up being far more famous than their brothers and had to deal with the endless paparazzi. They considered it their part in bringing recognition to the family fortunes. Their brothers, dear intelligent men that they were, married well and settled down while the sisters took it upon themselves to. Off the top of my head, I can think of a half dozen girls.”“What about cooks?”“That is a bit more difficult, but Camosun College has a chef’s program. There are all kinds of new cooks in this town.”“Do you have any experience managing a restaurant or dealing with suppliers and such?”“When the owners go on holidays, they leave me in charge. Why? What is this about?”“I have a list of problems I am trying to solve with one simple solution. The short of it is, I’m about to build a restaurant, and I. As the clock moved toward ten Paul prepared to leave me for his other commitments and as we kissed and held each other he promised he would be in touch later on that day It was a bit of an anti-climax when he left but it had been a wonderful and spontaneous few hours so I had no real cause for complaint and I was looking forward to getting together with him again very soon. In the meantime I busied myself by catching up with my correspondence, doing some writing and having a nice chat with Mela.