No, it's far from cold. In fact, you might find it's a little too hot for you. I guess we'll have to wait and see." So what's next?" I asked, wonderin... if this conversation was really happening."You grab a change of clothes for Saturday and Sunday and follow us home. Lori and I will ... entertain you tonight. I promise, it will be a weekend you will not soon forget." Won't Jan and Lexi be upset to be left out?" I asked."There's still Saturday and Sunday, Gabe. It's just the beginning of the. Sure, it puts a dent in my social life. I've lost quite a number of friends on account of him and he's spoiled some perfectly good relationships with girlfriends of mine by his disgusting behavior. Still, I don't know that I have much choice. You see, he saved my butt a few years back. It was in one of those little brushfire wars in the Near East. I had taken a burst of shrapnel from a grenade, and he carried me on his back all the way to the evac helicopter. Sure, I may not care for Biff much,. Back then we had been on a first name basis with the owner and bartender, Charlie. On a whim I stopped in for a drink after I'd finished my call and discovered that he was still there and that he remembered me, and our best friend; and our partying! We reminisced for nearly two hours, during which Charlie told me that his nephew Rod was there every Wednesday evening, and usually stayed till closing. Rod, whose father owned the construction company, was the foreman Jeff and I had worked for. The next morning at breakfast Mia asked me if we were going to the expo again that evening. I told her no, that I had done what business I needed to do the night before and then I asked her why she wanted to know."I told Mary I would meet her for lunch and I thought that if you were going to the expo I could meet you there."Something in the back of my mind made me say, "No, no expo tonight, but I will be home really late. I have a business dinner with Jones from Selco. Have fun with your old.