le silence before he st

aying, "a minute please, som

y," he r

led out and Rita, th

hould come with m

you?" She asked he

e interior deco

" Beck

akeovers in the house. "

rted talking to Colin again

ed. "You still live at

Becky

f a kind, then." H

live at h

me leave you to answer your mom,

nd stood up from the sofa. She disconnecte

f she wouldn't look too eager if she called him to say she was

een. They talked for about one hour more. Colin had to re

it didn't take her to

ails. He hadn't checked them at all for the day. He scrolled through the n

cutive director. Reading through them, he copied his father an

ery day; on her way to work in the morning and later

ay of the second week, he called her at aro

could meet during

ront of her, she was reluctant again "I hav

r brain too," he reto

rant near her office. She insisted she would drive to

makeup purse to refresh her face. She arrived thirty minut

ed open the entrance door. He w

smiled slowly, her breath hitched. S

so beautiful; so breathtaking. Even though she was only

und her in a half embrace as so

d and stared into her face. His he

urself," she smiled happily

ired with a light pink shirt and a gray tie. Lo

came late," s

briefly and pulled a chair out for

"Wine, cocktail, or fruit juice?" He pic

e it is," B

iter to make their o

. It was just as if old fri

s. He had her shrieking wit

red the same interests and t

-seven minutes until her phone rang. Looking at the sc

meeting today?" The younger w

d. "Yes, of course. I wi

tion, she was the one in charge of the

e checked for the time and realized

, Colin," she loo

her hands over the tab

ushed. "Thank

at her and called for the c

night," he told her when

o her car. "I will be

at each other an

he drove away. He wished they could

o of them and a senior manager had to travel on Thursday n

pment, he was sad he would be away for days