Joe Claxton looked around, expecting his family to be here soon. There was business to attend to, very important family business.

Joe stretched his legs out, trying to get the pain from his knees. He was getting older every day, though he certainly would never let anyone know that he was in pain. As each day got on he got nastier and nastier, it seemed. He was fast losing patience, finding no one there yet but his wife Pamela, who was setting up, he expected at least one of his children to be here by now.