We can go to Hawaii, and I'll buy her new clothes. She'll be a happy little homemaker and eventually a happy mother. She'll never know!'The new Lori t...ought, 'I guess I am pretty lucky at that. I am a sexy young woman, with a handsome and devoted husband. Unlike other wives I know he will never lie to me.' EpilogMadigan stared with unabashed happiness at the medallion. An empty bottle of champagne was at his elbow. Soon much of the world would be his! He would replace the rich, the famous, and. If I hadn't been preoccupied by the likelihood of a trail of mud in the hallway, I might have wondered what he was doing in there while the water ran and the door stood open. Clipping his nails or brushing his teeth, maybe, or shaving before a night out. But I didn't wonder. My mind was already filled with images of him, of the disarray that followed in his wake, and I was completely unprepared for what I saw.The glass door was mostly clear, too much steam having escaped the room to settle and. .. that's it – summer is over'. The weather office had promised a scorcher of a week-end, however. Tom's thirteenth birthday was coming up and Bobbie had asked him, since at thirteen, he would "officially' become a 'teenager', whether he wanted anything special as a birthday party.Tom thought about it. "Yeah ... I know it's impossible since we don't have a pool but, rather than anything else, I would love to have a pool party with all my friends from camp."While Tom had 'more or less' kept. We all knew this dinner was for the three of them to say their goodbyes to each other. While they talked in German, I sat and enjoyed my meal and several glasses of white wine while thinking about my tour of Elsa’s businesses. The wine was a little sweet for my taste, but the flavor was wonderful.As I sat watching the three friends say goodbye, I settled into a morose mood. My mood may have been caused by their farewells, but my mood was more likely to have been caused by my thoughts on Elsa’s.