"I have been sharing a humorous moment with our fellow bond-mate. I have been getting to know her. Is that not what you wanted me to do?" Laughing at ...er is not sharing a humorous moment," Fobie chided."One of us shared a humorous moment; I met her halfway," Lavender grunted as Fobie snorted. Then she changed the topic, "What are you three doing up here? I thought you would not let go of him even if he were made of hot coals." Hmm," Fobie said dreamily, and then she sighed. "He had to relieve. "Are you sure? Records show you signed for a package last Monday." You're from the shipping company?" I'm from a ... uh ... independent auditing agency. The package was just a small box." He put his hands in the approximate shape."I didn't get anything like that." Mom!" I whispered. The man had to be after the package I received. I didn't want to give it up.Mom looked back at me."Oh, Edward," she said, unfortunately remembering at that moment. "You received a package." Edward?" the man. I look at the counter and saw that the TV that I have there was not turned on. I was thankful for that. I hustled Nick up so we could get out of the house before Shelly got bored and turned a TV on.As we pulled up to the parking garage we could see the flock of reporters standing near the entrance. As we pulled in they didn't even notice Shelly in the back of the car. I watched her as we passed them. "What do you think they are doing here?" she asked. "I don't know. Must be a slow news day." I. Thinking back to how it had been with Jill all those years ago. My smile was just a little more ironic as I thought Jill was probably feeling the same at the prospect of seeing Malcolm again after a week apart.I planned to do a little work, to make my Wednesday a little easier, but that could wait until after a call to Veronica. I called and immediately realized I was out of practice with this parenting business. It was bang on eight and Veronica was in the middle of putting Haley to bed. She.