Jonathan, Tommy and J.J. weren’t upset to have her living with them on a permanent basis. She’d spent many nights there before and usually fixed d...nner for them… and her cooking was way better than theirs! Tommy’s girlfriend Kira was becoming great friends with Jasmine and Sophia, who was secretly engaged to J.J. The three young women noticed that Jonathan stopped bringing girls home with him. More often than not, he’d get caught sneaking in the next morning after spending the night somewhere. "By the way, you two were cute last night." Right, not so young love in action," I said sarcastically. I finally took a minute to look around. "Where is Ed?" I asked."I haven't seen him," Lucas replied. "It's not like Ed to be late."I picked up my phone and did a speed dial for Ed's doctor son Jeff. "Hey Jeff, it's me Maxine. I'm looking for your dad. It isn't like him to be this late." I was beginning to worry when Ed came through the door. "Never mind he just walked in."Ed walked to my desk,. ‘You’ve got my full attention honey.’ I Pause. ‘I met a couple of gentlemen here.’ ‘And?’ ‘Sunday night we bumped into each other at the registration desk. They were in front of me, and were looking for a place to have dinner. They turned around and didn’t realize that I was behind them. And one of them bumped into me. We just smiled and laughed, and introduced ourselves. Peter and Paul are from Indiana and attending a program too. We realized that we were all looking for a place to eat, and. The walls are massive volcanic rock and are over 10 feet tall. The foyer also leads to a nice apartment wherein lives my housekeeper, Maria, and her husband.Maria was orphaned at an early age and I pretty much adopted her. Education in Mexico is mandatory and free through 8th grade. I paid for Maria’s high school and college educations and put her in a cottage business. She does the bookkeeping for a number of local physicians in a system that is largely cash-oriented. Most bills were paid in.