Chapter 21

When Mort arrived at the Anderson house, he sat in his car in the driveway, hoping that Gwen would simply walk outside and get into his car. He wasn’t anxious to chat with Gwen’s parents. He remembered Ted from the two dates he had with Lisa several years ago. When Gwen didn’t appear, Mort took a deep breath and walked to the front door and rang the bell. It was immediately opened by Gwen’s younger sister.

“Come in, Mr. Governs,” invited Kate politely. “Gwen will be ready in a minute or two.”

“Thank you,” replied Mort in his most gracious manner. “You’re another beautiful Anderson sister. I’m trying to recall your name. Was it Kathy?”

“Actually, it’s Kate. Gwen tells me that you may have some ideas on the class fund raising project?” stated Kate with a questioning inflection.

“That’s what we’re going to discuss this evening, Kate. I think I may be able to help her efforts to raise money. I own a very successful dealership and we sponsor a lot of worthy causes