Chapter 2Russ and I had just moved into our new town house and the holidays, our first together, were approaching.
We stayed put for Thanksgiving, not wanting to travel on the busiest weekend of the year. When I explained things to my dad in Fort Wayne, he understood. He said he and Lisa, his second wife, would miss me, but that at least my sister Ellen and her family would be there.
“We just hope you’ll make it home for Christmas,” he said. I reminded him I might have Russ with me, and he responded, “The more the merrier,” and then added he was glad I’d finally found myself a mate and was eager to meet him. After we’d hung up I remembered Russ might expect me to go home to Cincinnati to meet his family over the holidays. We’d have to see what we could work out. Unlike faculty members, u
