"RING ."RING ................. RING ................ RING ..........." I look at the clock. It's 7:45 am. "Who could be calling me this early in the morning?" Half asleep, I fumble for the phone. "Jack?" It's Jan, my sister and she's crying. "Hello, Jan, what's wrong?" "It's Tommy. I just found out he has been messing around with another woman. I'm so confused, I don't know what to do." "I'll take the day off, come on over and we'll talk." "Are you sure you won't get into trouble?" "Na, no problem, come on over." Jan is 37 years old, 10 years younger than me. She had this same problem with Tommy about 10 years ago and almost divorced him that time. She lives about 40 miles from me, but we don't see each other too often as I don't particularly like Tommy and I think he feels the same about me. My wife, Pat, has already left for work. I get out of bed, shower and shave and Jan shows up about an hour later. We talk for several hours and then go get lunch at a fast food place near my house. After lunch, Jan is still upset. "On the way back home, we will stop and get some wine. It will help you calm down some." "Ok, I think I need several glasses. |