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into the sling, she saw that
Mack was awake. She smiled at her son. Blane put his arm around her
to look at the baby.
    “ Hey buddy, did you wake
up?” Blane said. “With making dinner, I didn’t get his run
in.”
    Mack yawned.
    “ He’s all right,” Heather
said. “Sleepy. We’ll be all right.”
    “ Blane?”
    Blane and Heather looked up to see a tall
brown-haired man with blue eyes coming toward them. Blane blushed.
The handsome man held his arms out and Blane hugged him.
    “ This is my wife, Heather,”
Blane said. “Heather, this is Michael Moore.”
    “ Oh, hi!” Heather blushed.
She shook Michael Moore’s extended hand. “You’re Mike’s makeup
artist.”
    “ Among other things,”
Michael said. “I heard you had a baby, Blane. May I?”
    Heather tipped the sling so that Michael
could say hello to Mack.
    “ Oh my God, he’s adorable,”
Michael said. “This is Mack?”
    Cooing, Mack grabbed Michael’s finger.
    “ Wow,” Michael said. “How
old is he?”
    “ Eighteen days,” Blane
said.
    “ So tiny. Congratulations,”
Michael said. “Say, you wouldn’t happen to be the Heather that does
Valerie’s makeup.”
    “ I’ve done Valerie’s make
up. I did it tonight,” Heather blushed again. “I’m not a pro or
anything. Valerie just lets me do it because one of my best friends
is married to her brother. I don’t really…”
    “ I doubt a movie star would
let just anyone do her makeup,” Michael said. “She looks
great.”
    Heather blushed.
    “ If you’re ever looking for
a job, let me know,” Michael said. “I’m always looking for good
people. Nice to see you again, Blane. It’s been…four
years?”
    “ Five,” Blane
said.
    “ Are you cooking at all
now?” Michael asked.
    “ Just for family,” Blane
said. “I’m an acupuncturist now. I’ll finish my Doctor of Chinese
Medicine in a couple weeks.”
    “ You look
happy.”
    Blane nodded.
    “ You certainly have a lot
in your life now.” Michael took another peek at Mack. “I’m
glad.”
    “ Thanks,” Blane said. “I
feel really lucky.”
    “ Nice to see you again.
Nice to meet you Heather.”
    With a wave, Michael Moore wandered over to
another group of patrons.
    “ What was that?” Heather
whispered to Blane.
    “ I had a mad crush on him,”
Blane said. “Used to drive Enrique crazy.”
    “ He’s very crushable,”
Heather said.
    “ I haven’t really been out
in the world since everything with Enrique,” Blane said. “I just
walked away from that life. It didn’t occur to me that people
would…”
    Blane shrugged.
    “ Miss you?”
    “ Or even notice that I was
gone,” Blane said. “This life is so good but it’s so different from
the way I used to live. It’s hard to believe I’m the same person
who lived in both worlds.”
    “ I feel like that too. Just
a year ago I lived with Mom and wondered what I was going to do
with my life. Now I have you and Mack…”
    “ And maybe a new job with a
make up pro,” Blane said.
    “ If I can fit it in with
managing your practice,” she said.
    Blane beamed at her.
    “ It’s a good life,” he
said.
    ~~~~~~~~ Sunday evening — 7:30
P.M.
    “ She looks at me like I’m
‘sposed to do something,” Nash whispered to Jacob.
    “ Yeah, that sucks,” Jacob
said.
    “ When I suggest something,
like going to get cookies or introducing her to Mike, she just
shrugs like she’s not interested.”
    “ Yeah,” Jacob
said.
    “ Dating skill?” Nash
said.
    “ Dating skill,” Jacob
repeated.
    “ What do I do?”
    “ Just enjoy being around
her,” Jacob said. “Go along with the crowd. She hasn’t seen you in
a while so she’s not sure about you. You have to kind of prove
yourself.”
    “ Prove myself? How do I do
that?”
    “ Just be safe and nice,”
Jacob said. “She’s assessing whether she wants to be your
friend.”
    “ I want her to be my girl friend.”
    “ Yeah,” Jacob said. “It
doesn’t get a lot easier. I think that’s why