nding beside his car after the education congress at around 3:00 pm. "I

that he made it as he promised to.

he took her hand and smiled.

g light-headed; she hadn'

met three days ago, but she had been feeling funny

your boss to quarry you." He looked over at Evelyn and her twin brother, talk

heart leaped. She put up a littl

He held her second hand. They were now facing each other, with him holdi

lp herself. She bu

ll give you, just stop, stop." She burst into laughter a

now how much I needed this." He made a face

er fit of laughter. She was actually enjoying herself. She couldn't remember the l

already saw the other staff member

nds in his pockets. "I wil

d they said th

served bath. Though it wasn't even eight pm yet, she planned to retir

ble and applied her night

powered up her second computer.

self for the umpteenth time thinking about Co

in three years. She had sworn off men after her ex-f

et the woman he cheated on her with at the supermarket when she went to buy some groceries spotting a wedding ring and a very visible pregnancy. That set Becky's emo

st and her father insisted she must ret

her. That it wasn't a good idea for someone

ht, because she had done thing

ling her out of her reverie. She reached over and picked it up. Gl

Her face broke into a smile and sh

heard him say fro

re back home

little. "We all left not

before he asked, "I hope you will have t

resume back at work on Wednesday, so

good."

ad and asked, "how about your dad's

lected his conversation with Evelyn about hi

er with him over th

her. "Though she came home to sort some th

comfortably on the sofa by the window. "At leas

e agreed

e country as usual, with the plan to stay for a month. Everything was o

claimed when he fi

can remove the cast," he said to her. "You know it's th

ly long journe

say tha