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over, she said something about going home with the
husband. And I…”
    “ Lost your fucking
mind?”
    “ Well… yeah,” Tres said. “I’m
furious with myself. I totally fucked up. I knew that at the time,
but I couldn’t stop myself. I…”
    “ Being mean to girls we’re
attracted to doesn’t work, Tres. Didn’t work in fourth grade,
doesn’t work now.”
    “ Attracted to? She’s… yeah,” Tres
said.
    “ You need to apologize to Blane. A
real apology. Heather doesn’t want to have anything to do with you,
which is understandable. You already know you owe her an
apology.”
    “ But how can they be
married?”
    “ It works for them, Tres. Blane’s
happier than I’ve ever known him to be. They’re both very
happy.”
    Unable to comprehend, Tres
shrugged.
    “ I am sorry, Jake. I didn’t mean
to make a scene at your reception. I… I’m not sure what
happened.”
    “ You’re ten years old?”
    “ I haven’t had that much Captain
Crunch since I was ten years old,” Tres said.
    “ Talk to Blane. We have a long
day. We can’t have any friction between us. Deal with it
now.”
    Nodding, Tres left the room. Jacob followed
him to the conference room where he watched Tres ask Blane if he
could talk to him. Sitting down next to Valerie, Jacob longed for
the quiet, sandy beach he had planned for his honeymoon.
    “ You’d never let someone else take
care of this.” Celia, his mother, appeared across the room. “This
is your deal, your baby, your chance to make history.”
    Jacob nodded. Valerie waved her hand in front
of Jacob’s face. Leaning into him, she whispered:
    “ Nervous?”
    “ Nah. You?”
    “ Excited,” Valerie said. “Dad too.
What did Mom say?”
    “ That she loves you,” Jacob
said.
    “ Of course.”
    Tres came back into the conference room.
Sitting back down next to Aden, he nodded to Jacob.
    “ Right this way.” They heard Blane
from outside the conference room. “We’re having a bite to eat.
Won’t you join us?”
    Jacob let out a breath. Show time.
    ~~~~~~~~
    Sunday afternoon – 1
P.M.
     
    “ So I said I would,” Sandy said to
Jill.
    Knowing better than to make a scene, Jill
beamed. They were walking behind Noelle, Nash and Katy at the
Denver Zoo. Katy ran off to see the penguins with Noelle right at
her heels. Even with last night’s snow on the ground, the day was
bright and warm.
    “ What about the kids?” Jill
asked
    “ I love these kids as if they were
my own,” Sandy said. “It’s like my little brother and sister were
practice for these guys. I don’t know how the next couple of months
will go.”
    “ Since you work so
much?”
    “ Yeah, I’m scheduled every day for
the next six weeks. I’m off on Thanksgiving but that’s it,” Sandy
said. “Everyone wants the perfect hair for their holiday
parties.”
    “ We’ve been invited to a dozen, at
least,” Jill said.
    “ Another round of charity events,”
Sandy said. “It’s been a weird year. Can you believe that in
January you were married to Trevor?”
    Jill gave a dramatic shudder. They
laughed.
    “ Do you think you and Jacob will
have kids soon?”
    “ I don’t know,” Jill said. “Seeing
Heather…”
    “ How happy and supported she is?
That wasn’t possible when you had Katy.”
    “ It gives me the urge. But Katy
was so upset about Bree and Becky on Halloween. We decided to wait
a while so she could adjust to all these changes.”
    “ Probably smart,” Sandy
said.
    Katy ran back to Jill for a hug then took off
to catch up with Nash at the Bear Mountain.
    “ What about you, Sandy? You could
have kids. Aden is a great father.”
    “ Thinking about spending my life
with him is enough to adjust to,” Sandy said.
    Jill laughed.
    “ I’m not opposed to the idea,”
Sandy said. “I’m just…”
    “ Cautious.”
    “ I don’t know if I’d be a great
mother. I like kids. I took care of my brother and sister until I
moved out. But… Well, you know what they say about people