“That little church we can see from my balcony? Do they have a service tonight?” April asked.“They do,” Ross answered, “I saw their sign whe... I was doing runs to the pharmacy for you.”“Can we go? I have rarely gone to church, let alone a Christmas Eve service.”“Haven’t gone in a while myself. You getting religious on me?”“In a way,” April answered after a moment’s thought, “You said that you had been afraid of losing me when I was in the hospital. I was very afraid that night, too, but for. I judged that would be… a very great loss. And so, as you see, I ventured where I have never trodden before.’ She was silent for a long moment, perhaps contemplating whether my explanation held any hint of reason. I could feel her eyes boring into me, seeking out such answers as she could about who and what I might be for a man. At forty I felt still young and vigorous enough to match wits with many much younger, but wise enough to pick my battles. Mentally I was with it, more or less, and. I'm just a backer."Frank and Bill grinned at me when I told them, "Make sure you guys are out of here early enough so that we don't have to wait supper for you. You know how Mom likes to eat around six at the latest."I suddenly remembered to call Maude on the way home. "Hi, Maude, Mike here." You're a little late calling me about buying cows, Mike. Esteban called and gave me an amount that he was buying cows for and wanted me to transfer funds to a farmer's bank account. I would have denied him. Our corporate attorney Curtis Warren and Howard, Howard and Fine argued and won to have them come to our offices in four weeks. Sometime before then I needed to review what the job posting was that he applied for, what his resume said and how close the two were.HR handled all of that; I generally stayed out of it. When I needed someone with specific qualifications for the security division, I told them what I was looking for and let them do the rest.Lorrie gave an update on the aviation.