Bob went to get a beer and came back with two. He handed one to his sister and raised his for a toast, "To sister. May you find yourself lucky in love."

The woman laughed and tapped the side of her glass against his before taking a long swallow. "To that. And to family, too."

He raised his glass high, "To family and to love."

"Hey, Bobby!"

He turned to see a man at the other end of the hall, coming his way. "Hey, Jerry."

Jerry stopped beside him. "So you heard about the job opening, right?"

"Yeah, and I thought the same thing you did. I was going to go apply there today."

"I told them you were leaving today but they said that your file was still here. It's been sitting there for a month. I told them I had another application for you."

"Great. Thanks, Jerry, that was real nice of you."

"I hope you're not trying to tell me no thanks, are you? You're not, are you?"

He smiled as he took the file Jerry held out to him, "I told you, the job looks pretty good."

"Well, then, you know what you have to do?"


Jerry looked around the hall, "