Sam looked a little hurt to start with and then surprised me with "Your place it is. By the way, if I showed and then elected to go to your place, did you clean it up just for me?"

"No, same as always, dirty socks hanging from the light switches, dishes in the sink and most likely all the bottles in the frig have been opened. Still want to go?"

"I think so. Can tell a lot about a man by the way he keeps his property."

We arrived at my house in short order, she drove us, and her immediate reaction was "WOW".

"Combination of earning and having a...