I kissed her lightly on the side of her face that was turned to me. She was being very good. Although I knew that she owed me this after her little episode in the hotel at the conference, she was still my wife of 20 years and really had never denied me anything. I had to lean over and remind her of that. "Thank you, sweety. I love you."

She smiled and just looked up at me, letting me know that she felt the same way.

Becky was now standing behind Cindy and was waiting. She could see the exchange between us and waited until I stood back up. "Okay,...