‘Jim Beam helped me remember a few things I forgot to say to you.’ He said. ‘Go home Jax you’re drunk.’ ‘Yes…yes I am… And I am a fool...��And you are beautiful.’ He said stepping towards me. He took my face in his hands, and this time his kiss was not hesitant. It did not ask, ‘Do you love me?’ it exclaimed, ‘I LOVE YOU!’ I placed my hand on his chest resisting for a moment, but only for a moment, and then I was able to answer his earlier question. My kiss echoed his passion. ‘I missed you Jax. I. ’ The man on the left let loose a quick chuckle and the woman gave a glance full of warning. ‘We set this up nearly twelve years ago in exchange for you leaving the family so you can play doctor in New York. You should have informed me you succeeded.’ ‘But Mother, I didn’t.’ It was Grant’s voice and it was shaky. ‘You mean she’s been living with you for over a year and didn’t make the oath?’ She slapped Grant hard in the face. ‘Don’t lie to me! It’s shameful enough to know my first born is such. But he was jumping ahead of himself. He barely knew her. Yet. He hoped to keep seeing her and maybe, eventually, be brave enough to go to bed with her.The idea of a third date with her filled him with both glee and anxiety. The fact that she didn’t turn and run when he told her was a positive sign.The day progressed slowly, and he had to talk himself out of canceling the date at least three or four times throughout the day. Eventually, the workday ended, and he went back to shower and change. I could have handled it differently. I could have just walked up and then said something like I was surprised to see her out with someone other than you. If I would have done that she would have introduced me to her cousin and I wouldn’t have made the call to you.”“We both could have handled it better. I could have done the same. Walked up to her and asked why she wasn’t shopping with her mother and then asked who her friend was, but that’s all water over the dam now. All the coulda’s and.