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caught up fairly quickly but was frustrated when he had everything done except printing the checks. The flashing of the “out of ink” made him start a thorough search of drawers when he heard the fax machine beep. He picked up the fax and was surprised to see it was from Aqua’s store.
    He frowned when he read the invoice for replacement ink and a note that indicated it would be delivered on Monday or he could pick it up if he’d prefer. He sat down hard in the chair and read the invoice again. How could she have known, especially on a Saturday evening? His mind was reeling and he wondered if he should call her and ask. A minute later another fax came through. It was a plain piece of paper with a hand written note that read. ‘Don’t call me yet, I’m still a little mad at you.’ It was signed with an A. Blu dropped the paper and sat down at the desk again. This couldn’t be happening, he was really losing his mind. He got up went to the bar and poured himself a large shot of whiskey. It looks like he’d be staying at the ranch tonight because he planned on and proceeded to get very drunk.
    Sunday morning brought a beautiful day that Blu couldn’t even begin to enjoy.  His father insisted he go to church in town with him and his Mother as added penitence for his drinking, as if the mother of all hangovers wasn’t enough. Blu followed his folks into town and sat through the service doing his best not to be ill. When the Pastor finished and Blu said his goodbyes he climbed into his Bronco and rested his head against the steering wheel feeling miserable. That’s when the smell of toast hit him and drew his gaze to the passenger seat. There sat a small paper sack. He opened the sack and inside was a bottle of aspirin and warm toast. The note only said ‘the coffee is hot - A .’ He looked down at the cup holder and sure enough there was a paper cup with steam coming out from the lid. He opened the aspirin and shook a few out, picked up the coffee and with the first sip took his medicine. The toast was welcomed by his stomach and as he sat there for a while he started to feel marginally better.
    Blu later realized that his Mother, who was not happy that Blu wasn’t seeing Aqua any longer, must have let Aqua know he was hung-over. There were logical explanations for everything. He wasn’t going to fall for some crazy physic scheme. Feeling a bit better about the whole thing he headed home.
    Aqua flipped the switch laughing at how the poor man was trying to come up with logical explanations. She and Wanda would have to come up with some more ideas to bring him around. There were so many possibilities now that she was so connected to him. She was careful to try not to be to invasive in her tuning in though. Aqua was sensitive to how it would feel to have someone privy to her every thought.
    Blu’s sister Amanda came into the store the next Monday afternoon. Aqua wasn’t sure what to expect but Amana walked right up and hugged her and said. “Hey, how’s it going? Have you and my idiot brother patched things up yet?”
    “Afraid not, but I’m working on him in my own way. I hope he’ll come around sometime soon before I have to just smack him good.” Aqua was smiling and Amanda laughed.
    “Well, I hear he and the boys are going to the Acorn tonight so maybe we should have a girl’s night out. We could ignore them completely and see if we can stir up some trouble.”
    Wanda had just walked in and hugging Amanda said, “Oh my, can I get in on that action?” The three women laughed and made plans to meet that evening.
    Aqua knocked on Wanda’s apartment door and walked in. Wanda took one look at Aqua’s outfit and shook her head, took her hand and drug her to the bedroom. “That is not going to do it, let’s see if I can come up with something that will do the trick.”
    Aqua wasn’t sure what was wrong with her pants and blouse but wasn’t going to argue. Wanda dug through her closet and started bring