Bobby's group took their spot in line. I saw him tugging at his collar. He was wearing a tie but no jacket and he clearly could not WAIT to get the noose off of his neck. Pam very patiently adjusted it for him after he messed it up.

I was standing with Sherri's group as she shook her head, "Where IS Susan? How is that woman ALWAYS late!?"

I whispered to Neil through my smiling teeth, trying not to move my lips, "And that's why I didn't bet."

He whispered the same way, perfectly discreet, "Too bad."

While my sister noticed nothing but her own irritation and frantically searched the...