<div class="floatright">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d80f/21h8ybmnz6cjeh34g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/21h8ybmnz6cjeh3/Kimmie.png/file)</div><br/>The wine is ordered and I await a menu.  But this is not a 'menu restaurant'.  As Chloe explains, there are a few choices offered with each course.  The customer chooses what they would prefer.  If a special plate is desired, it will be prepared if there are the correct ingredients available.   I smile at Chloe as she explains.  I've never been at a restaurant that uses this interesting approach.<br/><br/>Circe's phone goes off and she takes the call.  Sliding her phone back into her pocketbook, she announces:<br/><br/>“Huguette will be here Tuesday on the Air France flight that lands about 6:30 in the evening. She says you are to do nothing! Do we wish the locals to know she’s here? I suggest not, distracting to them. They can learn she’s here next Saturday.”<br/><br/>Nods and looks are exchanged.  I sit politely and wonder what it means that Chloe is to do "nothing"?  It was a rather emphatic statement as well.  Circe then says:<br/><br/>“I will need to be back here next Friday for a weekend with Chloe and some of my friends. So I think I’ll fly back with you on Monday morning, Honey. Will you be okay, Becky? You could come down to the city for a while, get away from the big house.”<br/><br/>As the upcoming logistics are discussed, Chloe squeezes my hand and explains a couple thing for me:<br/><br/>“What Huguette meant was I’m not to start training you. I’m unqualified anyway, even were the initiate a child of the line. There are delicacies involved and adaptations for each person in the beginning so I’ll trust the best person available and she’s soon on her way. I’m thinking that since Mother is leaving, Huguette can use our guest bedroom and you two can have the place to yourselves most of the day and I can hide out in our room in the evenings if she wishes the one-on-one to continue.”<br/><br/>I nod....'one on one' continuing into the evening?  Gawd, there must be so much to learn.  I hope Im up to the task.  The last thing I want is to be a failure in Chloe's eyes and in front of the Sisters.   I get a weak feeling in the pit of my stomach.  This all seems so daunting.<br/><br/>The wine is served.  Mr. Dawson tastes one of them and deems it very good.  That is sent off to breathe.  Chloe samples the other wine and it too passes the tasting.  We are each served one glass of that Cabernet.   Mr. Dawson raises his glass for a toast:<br/><br/>“Even in times of difficulty, wonderful things occur. We welcome Caoimhe into our company. Thank you Chloe for bringing this wonderful woman into our family.”<br/><br/>I smile and cannot suppress the wonderful feeling his toast brings to me....."Thank you, Mr. Dawson"  I say holding my glass....but there is more to his toast as well:<br/><br/>“To Joel’s healing. And to Becky’s healing. May all be well.”<br/><br/>I find myself nodding in agreement....who ever would have imagined I'd drink a toast to Joel Crabtree??  Still, I feel horrible for him.<br/><br/>“To the enterprise Circe and Chloe and Caoimhe are embarking upon. May the adventures bear the fruits of your labors and to your safe return therefrom.”<br/><br/>As we sip our wine, Circe says:<br/><br/>“Blessed Be!” which Chloe also intones as well.<br/><br/>I order the fish, the same as Aunt Becky, and its delicious!  Chloe and I trade bites back and forth.  The other wine is served and it just pairs so well with the food.  I reflect how lucky I am to have Chloe back in my life again, how I seem to have been accepted into this family.  And at the same time knowing my life is on the verge of a great change.  A change I have yet to understand completely, nor to know what my role will be?<br/><br/>I swirl my wine in my glass, my tummy is full, and then Mr. Dawson says:<br/><br/>“I saved room for a small piece of cheesecake. Who’s with me?”<br/><br/>Chloe turns to me with an almost mischievous grin and asks:<br/><br/>“Shall we split one? A tiny one? My turn to wish the tip!” #Giggle<br/><br/>I'm full, but I cant say "no" to the little blonde with the twinkling eye and cute grin.<br/><br/><em>"Sure.....I'll have a bite or two....."</em>I grin.  Where I will put that is a mystery to me!!<br/><br/>I make a mental note on my 'calendar'....Huguette on Tuesday, Dr Jenson on Thursday.  Circe back in town on the weekend....training begins, probably the moment her foot steps down on the ground.....I'd better be ready.<br/>