Lori thought the day with her family would never end. She'd hardly spent two seconds with Eric since they'd arrived, and it was now nearly seven o'clock. Eric was off demonstrating his computer game - his computer game - to Joe and the boys, while the women chatted, and Gary played a game of pool with their dad.

"I like this one," Kelly observed. "He's kind of geeky, but he's way nicer than Warren." Lori snorted. Kelly's husband was an electrical engineer, for goodness sake. ...