<div class="floatright">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d80f/21h8ybmnz6cjeh34g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/21h8ybmnz6cjeh3/Kimmie.png/file)</div><br/><em>"Ooooh, I like singing Union songs....and we'll need a slogan too....something we can rattle our signs to at the same time that we are chanting.....I am soooooooooooo looking forward to our first strike!"</em><br/><br/>We turn our conversation to the more serious matters....Uncle Joel....Joel the bastard as far as Im concerned:<br/><br/>“Mother said she’ll visit him at his hotel, he moved out or Aunt Becky threw him out. Daddy will meet with Aunt Becky at her home on Beacon Street."<br/><br/>I think:  Just what I need....Joel getting Chloe's mother all full of fight before she meets me....oh boy....bad timing but not a thing I can do about that.  Im along for the ride at this point.<br/><br/>Chloe continues and describes her Aunt's house....<br/><br/><br/>"We may go there sometime, you’ll love this house. Townhouse at 74 Beacon. Infinity pool on the roof! About 8500 square feet. I’m guessing mortgaged to the hilt but I don’t know their finances. Mother did say that Becky is going for his share of the company so may saddle him with the house while she rakes in the profits. Hopefully the other partners can pick up the slack, I don’t know how much of an influence he was on day to day work. I have no intention of seeing the man again.”<br/><br/><em>"The house sounds amazing!  8500 square feet????  That's a mansion....on Beacon Hill.....gawd.....multi million dollar piece of property right there....Influence??  Joel Crabtree??  I was about 3 levels down from him on the company pyramid.  He called a lot of shots....With your name on the company logo, he wielded a ton of influence with the Board.  His absence will be a big void.  And if the circumstances get made public, it will hurt the client base for a long while"</em><br/><br/>"If I ever see him again, I hope Im wearing something pink!"  <smirk><br/><br/>Chloe maps out the upcoming agenda:<br/><br/>“So they’ll stay in a hotel until Daddy leaves on Monday and then she’ll come to the condo. I inserted! So Monday you stay home and get to receive her and get her installed while I mess with the lab. That’ll give you two time to get to know her, she really is a wonderful person! She knows Kevin is gone or rather upgraded, so it’ll be two people getting to know each other. We’ll probably go have brunch at their hotel on Sunday. The stay at the Hyatt in the North End. And you and I will swap cars on Monday so you can drive Mother around in style.”<br/><br/>I nod....Brunch tomorrow at the hotel....day after, "Mom" comes to stay with us for as long as she needs to deal with this family debacle brought on by Joel...<br/><em><br/>"Sounds good....I like that I'll get to meet her before hand instead of on the day she arrives to stay at your, well our, condo.  I'll make plenty of room in the closet for her clothes.....should I move my things out of there entirely??  Will that make her more comfortable??  I mean....what is she like?  Ive obviously never met her and Im sure she's heard an earful about me already?"</em><br/><br/>I get the<span class="bbc_u">"Intro to Mother"</span>from Chloe:<br/><br/>“So her name is Circe. I suggest you call her Mrs. Dawson until she tells you what to call her."<br/><br/><em>"Circe?  Like the sorceress from the Odyssey?  Yikes....ok....yeah, Mrs. Dawson it is!"</em>Chloe smiles and continues:<br/><br/>"I hope she says to call her Mother. She has one cat but that will stay in the City. She’s black, the cat I mean. Is usually on Mother’s lap when she’s sitting. Her hobbies are being an art patron and studying medieval manuscripts. Her degree is in indo-european languages and she has published a few translations and scholarly studies to good reviews. So I hope you two get along. Don’t talk about Uncle Joel, she was livid about him on the phone. I’ve overheard a tongue lashing she delivered to someone on the phone. The person’s parents and all their offspring will visit places not usually spoken aloud for eternity and thereafter. Ugh, do not piss her off!”<br/><br/><em>"I'll do my best to stay on her good side....if its even possible??  I mean, gawd....look what I did to her daughter?...."</em><br/><br/>I take a deep breath....<em>"But, I want to meet her.  Im not spending the rest of our lives together avoiding this woman.  If she hates me, I get it.  But at least I'll know where I stand and I'd prefer to know that than to wander around with my head in the sand....Besides, maybe she'll think my "upgrade" as you called is serving as some atonement for my wretched behavior from the past?"</em><br/><br/>We pick up our menus.....<br/><br/>“I’m famished! Vending machine lunch on Mondays has to end!”<br/><br/><em>"I've seen that vending machine, Chloe....yeah....not too many trips there before you've sampled it all...."</em><br/><br/>I flip open the menu.....<em>"Dr. Jensen on Thursday too.....ok....got that too....Quite a week in store for us wouldnt you say?"</em><br/><br/><em>"What looks good to you?" </em>I ask scanning the fares.....<br/><br/>This could be a good week or a week where I end up crying in my room on Friday.....<br/>