“Honey you going to be late”I pretended to be sick. I coughed. “I'm not feeling very well to day. So i'm gonna stay home” She opened the door ...nd looked at me. “Poor baby. Are you gonna be ok?” “yea yea. Probably just a little cold. I'll be fine” “Ok Honey. There is some leftover pizza from yesterday if you get hungry. I have to go to work now or else i'll be late” “Thanks mom. Have a nice day” She left for work. As soon as i heard the front door shut. I took some new black pantyhose with. I decide if I get an early start I will get a parking spot at work.The day drags slowly by. My mind is about 250 miles north trying to figure out what to do. I finally decide I have to go up to San Francisco and meet with Helen Saunders. Fate must be playing with me as during coffee break I spot a brochure in the lunchroom. I am an insurance adjuster and made to order is an insurance adjuster conference in San Francisco next Monday through Thursday. It has been years since I was at a conference. I saw Brandy, Priscilla and Angie whispering together and knew something was cooking.Sure enough, when Gage, Bonnie, Ashlee and Rae Anne rode off toward another bike path, Angie and Priscilla turned their bikes in another direction.“Come on, Rick. Angie has a special place she wants us to see,” Brandy told me.She and I caught them just as they turned off onto a narrower bike path. This one was too narrow for us to ride two by two and we followed Angie single file as she took us deeper into the. I noticed cheese and crackers along with some other goodies in a bag along with the marshmallows sitting alongside the cooler.Adam came over to me just as I closed the cooler’s cover. “Hey Brenda, I’m glad you could make it. I took up a collection to pay for the beer. Adam took forty dollars out of his pocket and handed it to me. I did not feel guilty about taking it. These kids weekly allowance probably added up to more than my months’ salary. It was hard to miss their BMW’s and Volvo’s parked.