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three in the morning and we talked about
anything and everything. Lynne’s a quality woman.”
    “For once I don’t disagree
with you. Despite my initial misgivings, last night was a great surprise. I found
Linda very easy to talk to as well.”
    “I’m taking Lynne
out for dinner on Tuesday,” Jim boasted. “This could actually be the start of
something magnificent.”
    “Congratulations,
Jim; I’m really glad for you. It was readily apparent that you and Lynne share
the same love of obscene opulence.”
    “It’s called decorating
one’s home tastefully, Kennedy. Your shameful apartment screams that you have a
hopeless addiction to tacky yard sales. Besides, you’re just jealous because I’m
seeing Lynne again and Linda gave you the loser brush-off.”
    Jim must have felt
that he twisted the knife a bit too vigorously, because he immediately
backtracked.
    “It’s not your
fault, Tom. Lynne said that her sister wouldn’t go out with you because she has
some strange notion that a proper period of grievance is at least a year or
two. She didn’t reject you just because you’re an infuriating cheapskate,
although I expect that suit you were wearing clued her into your insane thrift
as soon as the light illuminated the worn spots.”
    “In actual fact
Linda did consent to go out for dinner with me next Saturday. I suppose it’s
possible that she’ll have second thoughts and cancel, but for the moment I’m
quite excited about seeing her again. Perhaps Lynne isn’t the world’s next
Einstein after all.”
    “That is
interesting. Lynne was positive that there was no chance of your scoring a date
with Linda.”
    “That brings up an
interesting speculation,” I replied. “If everything went swimmingly and we
wound up marrying these sisters, does that mean that you and I would be
relatives?”
    “Now there’s a
revolting thought,” Corbett sneered. “It’s enough to make me puke up my
breakfast.”
    “I definitely
agree. Having you as my brother-in-law would readily convince me that I’d died
and had been shunted down to Hell.”
    “Thankfully,
there’s no realistic chance of that happening. Linda will dump you as soon as
she gets a load of either your car or your apartment. Where do you plan on
taking her for dinner, McDonald’s?”
    “No, that would be
too fancy. I was thinking of the food court at the Cataraqui Mall. That way
each of us can choose whatever type of fast food we feel like.”
    “You can’t be
serious,” Corbett exclaimed with his jaw hanging down to his waist.
    I immediately
changed the subject and we shared whatever information we had gleaned last
night about the other’s love interest.
    Corbett and I both
acted like excited teenagers during the entire breakfast.

CHAPTER
6 (A Pleasant Surprise)
     
    After breakfast
Corbett went off to do some errands and I walked back to my place.
    The two sisters
had been the most exciting things to hit our lives in a long time.
    I sincerely hoped
that Linda didn’t change her mind and cancel our date. It would be lovely to
share my one-year retirement anniversary with her.
    Early in the
afternoon the phone rang again.
    “Hello,” I spoke
into the receiver.
    “Hi, Tom; it’s
Linda Page from last night. I hope you don’t mind my calling you.”
    “Not at all,
Linda; I’ve always been attracted to stalkers.”
    That line evoked a
slightly nervous laugh from Linda who then remarked on my bizarre sense of
humor and commented that she sincerely hoped I was just joking.
    “Sorry, but I
couldn’t resist a perfect straight line like that. I had breakfast out with
Corbett this morning and we were like schoolboys gushing over the great girls
we had just met.”
    “Lynne and I did
exactly the same thing. She came over first thing this morning and we compared
notes. In fact, it was my sister who encouraged me to call you today. I was
wondering if you’d like to join me for a picnic on the waterfront.”
    “Sure, that