Lynda had New Year"s Eve off, or at least she didn"t have to go into the office. Instead she was expected to attend the ball at the Crowne Plaza downtown. Every year the firm made a big deal about all the attorneys attending the ball. It wasn"t her favorite thing but it was a good place for her to introduce Dylan to everyone and to let the ones who made the promotion decisions see she was married and settled. She still wanted that promotion, though somehow it seemed less important than it had just a few weeks ago. They ended up sleeping late, until sunshine on her face woke Lynda. It was a mostly lazy morning, Dylan fixed them breakfast and they did the paying attention to each other that so many new couples did. That very same thing that Lynda had always thought silly, now that it was h

