’ Her eyes narrowed and she tilted her head, she couldn’t tell if he was joking or not. He let her suffer for a few seconds before he started lau...hing. ‘You should see your face Maya, you look like you’re about to punch me in the head.’ ‘You!’ She gave him a good whack in the arm to show how ticked off she was, but she was smiling. This time Maya knew it had been her choice to stay here with him, but she still couldn’t believe that she had made it. What had happened to her resolve to keep. Just fine now, by God!"Pete glanced swiftly at Mary, but his wife's face was almost expressionless. "We came to see you, Rose. We knew you were upset about, er... Man. Thought we might help you find him." He came back right away like a good boy," Rose said thickly. "I just this minute put him out in the pen." She paused. "How long you been waiting to get in? I didn't hear you knock."Pete felt like saying, "Then how do you know we knocked?" but he didn't. "We haven't been here long," he said. She returns and asks, “Where would we do this? I am not saying yes, but I am considering it.”“What about your place? You might be more comfortable there.”“I live in the apartment sort of kitty corner across the street. I would not want the cook to see you walking there with me.”We look out the window and see the apartment block. Paul says, “How about we leave and drive down Coventry, make a right turn and I’ll park on Fuller and come in the back door?”“That should work fine, I’ll go in the. He could tell from her body language that she had something buried deep inside that was just busting her not to expose to everyone around her. He knew it would bubble over soon, so he just patiently waited and tried to be surprised when she announced,"Sal, I got something to tell you!"He sipped his tea while it was still hot and waited for Gina to fill him in on all the juicy details."Sal, honey, I don't want to upset you, but I got to tell you without any bullshit or beating around the bush..