The Matchmaker
�0 88 y-screen left. Hurry up, there isn�t much time left!� Shouts West Hills football coach, Steve Bogan. Steve�s brother, Homer, sits up in the stands cheering on his brother�s team. As Homer watches the receiver catch the ball with no one around him within 20 yards, he knows that play was one of the many that his brother has designed in his �spare time.� Homer is married, has a beautiful wife, a house, and has three kids. His brother, Steve, is divorced, has no children, owns a single story house, and recently had a break-up with his ex-girlfriend who said, �He spends too much time with his football team and not enough time with me.� Steve admits that he spends a lot of time with ...
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set up. Usually, every girl complains that Steve is too into his team to have time for a girlfriend, let alone a wife.
Homer is one of the �top dogs� at his work, and he has recently begun working with a lady by the name of Mary Larkins. It was kind of weird at first, for Homer, working with a female at a construction site. As soon as Homer began to get to know Mary, he realized that she was an enjoyment to be around, and had no trouble working with her. In fact, Homer and Mary began to be good friends. As it wound up, Mary�s kids were the exact same ages as Homer�s and even went to the same school as Homer�s children did. Homer�s wife, Marge, had talked to Mary on several occasions like Back-to-school, or school plays. Marge thought it would be nice to invite over Mary for dinner one night. When Homer suggested that idea to Mary, she said she was way too busy. She went on to say how she had to wake up every morning at four, and sometimes did not get to bed until after ...
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mentioned to Steve that he is going to bring a girl to the game Friday night, and she seems perfect. Homer went on to tell Steve about her, and the situation she�s in. Steve thought Mary sounded great, but knew that some girls sound a lot better than they really are. The week flew by, and Friday night came. When Homer and Marge went to pick up Mary, she said she would not be able to go. Her reason was that her 8 year-old son, Peyton, was supposed to go over to his friend�s house, but his friend caught a flu. Homer suggested to Mary that she should bring her son. Mary, knowing that her son loves football, thought it was a great idea. The stadium was packed; over 4,000 people were at ...
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