"So far, such a request would have earned me from my daughter an ostentatious peck on my cheek. Angie grinned and said, "Sure, Dad."And then, right in...front of her mother, Angie bent down and kissed me on the lips - and it wasn't a peck either. Her lips crushed mine as her arms surrounded my neck, pulling me even deeper into her kiss. Her tongue dared my teeth to part, and as if she had said, "Open Sesame," they parted and our tongues met. Involuntarily, my arms went to her back and started. Brian was nervous. It had been a long time since he had had the courageto bring out his 'girlfriends'. They were both his best friends. It wasjust a bit complicated.Jeanie was one of the smartest people he had ever met. He neverunderstood how she could be so smart and David was such a dummy.Abby was the queen of style. If you only gave her a 20 dollar gift cardto Walmart, she would still make a sexy outfit. She really knew how toget Brian going. They hadn't done anything together. She just. “Be careful. I’m sure Katriana wouldn’t mind be called fireheart, but I don’t think Calliope would appreciate...”“You don’t have to say it,” I said, wincing.“ ... Barkheart,” she finished, then gave me a confused look. “What did you think I was going to say?”“Don’t worry about it,” I said, shaking my head at my own foolishness, “I bought you a gift. It was to make up for the loss of your painting, before I knew you weren’t upset about that.”I opened my hand and revealed her present. It was a. "Again, I kept my tone light and I hoped Kelly would recognize that I was — mostly — joking."There is that," she admitted with a chuckle. "Damn, I should have thought of something really big for the next favor. If I would have known you were going to act like a human being about things I would have put more time into it." The key word is 'act' let's not forget," I said and my ex-wife and I joined in laughter for perhaps the 12th time in the 19 years we'd known the other. "So, what's up?" Well,.