I thought to myself, "Hmmm! So Cafe Woman wants to lease a restaurant from us? Well, she'll have to deal with ME!"<P>So, this morning, I took my notepad and went to her restaurant to discuss the specifics of what kind of building she wants, what she wants us to provide, etc.<P>Well, apparently, she's changed her mind...not sure if she wants a restaurant in this part of town, etc.<P>10 to 1, she'll be all gung-ho and talking to H about it the next time she sees him without me!<P>What a load of bull!! She's not going to do a darned thing! She had a chance to buy the building adjacent to her restaurant (so she could expand) at a great price, but chickened out at the last minute. So, no, she's not really interested in getting down to the brass tacks on renting a building from us. She's just using that as an excuse to talk to H. <P>'Course, the bad part is that H thinks she is sincere.

You've got guts, Sweetpea. <P>I hope this little power play works to your advantage.

Sweetpea,<BR>Be ever so sincere back. Tell your H your glad she's moving on in her life and you want to make things sweet for her, then take a lease to her and tell her your glad she;s moving on in her life and you just want to make sure nothing else goes wrong, Please, let Me help you attitude! Be the sweetest sweetpea you know how and watch it fly! <BR>Bren<P>------------------<BR>Chick's <BR>Bren<P>You won't see things until your ready to not be blind!

Well, I got to thinking that I should just take the bull by the horns. I figure that she more than likely knows that I don't want H around her, so by starting this business about wanting to lease a building from us, she was making sure that I knew H had been talking to her. So....I reasoned that by marching my butt up there and not showing that the contact bothered me, it would make her think one of two things: 1. That I'm confidant and secure about H. or 2. That I'm stupid enough to trust H again. If the 1st, maybe she will back off; if the second, she will continue to make contact; only this time, I'm watching very closely!<P>Chick, I can't tell my H or her that I'm glad she's moving on in her life. I've never breathed a word to her about my suspicions, and saying that to my H would be a LB...since he insists that nothing went on between them, other than "friendship".<P>If she actually decides to go through with the lease, I'll make sure she pays dearly for it. . My goal is to pay for a building within 5 years, and since a restaurant would cost upwards of $150,000 to build, I doubt if she would want to sign a 5-year lease with me! LOL!