Police Impounds

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After a forty-five minute wait at Andy's, they were finally seated in a corner booth. John was happy for the tucked away privacy. They took the smoking area, which bothered him, but they were getting tired of waiting and took whatever was available.

"So all in all you felt like Michael was going to split with his wife and marry you?" John began his line of probing questions.

Tammy looked up from her menu and paused. "Well, maybe not marry."

"Against marriage are we?"

She tucked hair behind her ears with a delicate hand. "Not entirely. Michael and me were just seeing each other. The thought of a life long commitment was not yet a hot topic of discussion."

A quick stepping waiter came and took down their orders. He admitted that it might take a few minutes longer because of the large crowd. He offered them a complimentary basket of potato wedges for their inconvenience and was on his way to another table.

Tammy showed little emotion when talking about her former boy friend. She seemed to look on it as just another relationship along the usual road to true love. Not that she showed signs of having countless relationships, but Michael was nothing special to her. Or so it seemed.

"You ever been married?"

John was surprised at the question.

"I can ask you things, can't I?' "Sure," he said as he cut open the tiny potato on his place. He offered her one and she pulled it from his fork onto her plate. "And no. Came close."