Still, even though things had been hectic for the past couple of months I felt guilty at having not found time to even buy a card for our son's birthd...y."Tom," I sighed sitting up, "Paul will understand and we can make it up to him tomorrow." Helen, you forget," Tom sighed, "I'm the resident this weekend, we've today or a whole week to go before we can celebrate." Damn!" I cursed softly.That was the worst part of having a surgeon for a husband, the periods he spent on call at the hospital, it. Stuff I didn’t want to bother the Sullivans with. Nor pay them.But here, the Gloria Allen team not only did most of the background work, they anticipated what I was going to need.For instance, I’d never heard of Indore, India before. Fine, just open the INDORE file. Metro population — over two million. And, like most Americans, it was terra incognita to me. Mostly Hindu. A local rock/metal band, Nicotine, was a pioneer in central India. Like that.As Carmen started to lead me into the labyrinth. It took no longer than three seconds to convince the Savage Garden boys to join them, however Nikki Webster's mother was a different story. Nikki pleaded with her mother to let her go, but Tina Webster was adamant that she couldn't go on her own. Jim and Darren Hayes turned on the charm and had just about convinced Tina to let Nikki come to the party when Andrea clinched the deal. Throwing her arms around Nikki she gave her a big kiss, explained to her mother that she deserved to celebrate her. "So, boss." Kim said from the doorway. "What time are we going over to H&S? I want to look at a couple of things when we get there."Looking at the clock, David saw it was already ten fifteen, and that the day was wasting. "We can leave in about ten or so minutes. Everything quiet?" Yes. Hafie did escort duty with one group and now she is back up front with the underage ones. All the others are hanging in the cooler. Candy said to tell you we have about a dozen late stragglers coming in after.