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himself.  Couldn't have been.  He suddenly felt foolish for even thinking it.   Heat must be affecting him.  He took a few sips of his water and went to his car and drove back to his house.
    When he arrived at his house, Elliott's neighbor was outside.  He got out of the car and walked over and introduced himself.  "Pleased to meet you, Elliott," said Mr. Dolan.  "So, you're buying Eddy's place, I see?"  "Oh, no sir.  I'm just visiting for a bit.  Thought I'd see how things are on the East coast."  Mr. Dolan said "I see, well, you never know.  You may decide that you like it enough here that you'll want to take up permanent residency."  Elliott chuckled and agreed.  "There's Carol."  A silver Prius pulled into the Dolan driveway and a petite woman with gray hair stepped from the car.  She was dressed in white pants and a lightweight, sleeveless, lavender top.  "Carol, honey, this is Elliott," Sam Dolan said.  Carol smiled and Elliott said "Hello, Mrs. Dolan, it's very nice meeting you."  She replied, "And you as well, Elliott.  We were hoping to get to meet you soon.  We both have such hectic schedules.  I own a boutique and Sam sees his patients in the office and then at the hospital."   They spoke on a while longer and made tentative plans to have dinner one evening. 
     
    Chapter 4
    "E, my man, it's great to see you" Elliott greeted Elias with a handshake and brief hug.  "Well, it's only taken what, 15+ years to get you up here?  It's great seeing you too, man.  I'm sorry I wasn't able to get over to the house right away, but you know how things can be."  Elliott shook his head in agreement.  "So, tell me, how are things in Cali?" E inquired.  "Pretty much the same as the last time you were there.  Nothing much has changed.   I've been so busy with work, though, that if things have changed, I might not have noticed."  They talked on a bit more about their busy careers when Elliott asked Elias about his family.  "Oh, man, they are great.  I gotta tell you, in school, I never would have thought about being a family man. " Elliott chuckled as he remembered what a ladies' man E had been during their college days.   He was from one woman to the next, sometimes even managing to wrangle dates with women old enough to be his mother.  But, that was just E.  "Yeah, I know.  So you can imagine how surprised I was when you told me you had met a woman and said she was 'the one.'  I couldn't believe it."  E nodded in agreement and said "Well, you're going to meet Elizabeth later on.   She can't wait to finally meet you after all these years of me talking about you.   She's really something, man.  I can't say enough about her, but you'll see for yourself tonight."  "I'm looking forward to meeting her, too.  What about the kids?  Are they going to be there?"  E took a sip of his water and said, "Yeah, but only for a little bit.  You know how they have their own plans and stuff, but they will be there."  Elliott was still marveling at his friend.  "Here you are with a wife, kids, a great job, and living in the city that never sleeps.  You did alright, you know."  E looked at his friend for a moment and replied, "Have you been serious about anyone since your last girlfriend?"  Elliott replied that he'd had some dates, but none of those dates really turned into relationships.  He blamed it on work and the fact that the women he had come into contact with just were not the ones for him.  He did not elaborate any further.   "Well, you never know.  Maybe something as simple as a change of state will give you a new outlook."  Elliott shrugged his shoulders.  They talked a while longer and firmed up their plans for dinner that evening before leaving the outside eatery. 
     
    When he arrived back to his house, he still had a while before dinner at E's house, so he decided to see if anything good was on TV.  He found HBO's "House of Lies" and decided to watch it.  He found himself