It won't take but a few minutes."Sharon decided to go with her, and the two left. Lisa said, "Etta sure seems happy to sell out up here. I thought it ...ight be traumatic for her. I think it's because she loves you and us so much. You know that woman is in my head more than Mercy or Missy. She's always there listening and suggesting things to me. I'm aware of her now, but I'm sure she's been doing this since we met."I had to laugh, as it would be just like Etta to do that. She didn't mean any. I was nervous as hell, but I tried not to show it. I answered all of the inspector’s questions, and he seemed content. We finished late in the afternoon, but the inspector approved both houses.“Congratulations,” Joska said when the inspector left. “And thank you gentlemen for letting me impose. It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Connelly.” He shook hands with Blackie and Mike. “You do excellent work.” He looked at us. “You too, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Whitman. I look forward to seeing you. So I was playing bartender that night and a chick keeps eyeing me up and down. I played along and motioned her to come over. Apparantly she did a lil homework and found out that this was my party. She was from IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) and she was just visiting some friends here. As the saying goes, she a friend of a friend.So after a long night of flirting and a couple of body/crotch rubs we tried to get out of there. I say try cuz her friend (the one who attended my. .."I looked at him, nodded, and wondered where he was going."This isn't a criticism," he said, "it's a comment. You and Helen seem to have something more, though, don't you think?" Yes," I said, "I do think so. I don't know how, or why, but yes." Don't feel guilty about it," he said gently, "You're very lucky, both of you. There's not many couples have what you two have; it's not something you can create, it's either there or it isn't ... but ... you need to work at keeping it and strengthening.