Something that struck my eye, was that some of those girls were really cute. Was Illiana maybe already hunting for my successor?And concerning myself,...well, I was hanging out with Sofie's group in school and back home, I had still Eva and Patrick around. To tell you the truth, I had been a little surprised by how many of our friends were already going to University this year. I knew that some of them were older than me, but it sure had surprised me how many of them were gone by now.My sister. "I didn't even bring it up. To tell the truth, when I went back to work Monday after Christmas, I really didn't know what I could possibly say about Cora and me."And then Monday I went from being possibly canned to promoted and possibly to being Cora's presumptive boyfriend, and got Mister Crown's acceptance of me possibly publishing River Gravers. All of those 'possibly's.' There wasn't anything I could really tell them."Then there was Tuesday, and everything got even crazier. Cora had invited. I then took my veteran's benefits and got a two-year public safety certification. I went to work for the railroad as a security officer supervisor. One night we detained some fellows trying to boost Plasma TVs from container cars in the rail yard. I was called to testify at their trial. That is how I met Kate. Back then, she was an assistant DA. Two years later we were married. A few years after that we were parents.I put Annabelle to bed, and then went to our bedroom. Ours was a modest. .oh yeah, very very wrong. Dunno if you'll be up for it."Crystal's heart was palpitating out of her chest. She had fantasized about this since the beginning of last year. It seemed unreal that it was seriously happening, and now that it was, she felt scared. He was 27. He had a wife. He was experienced years beyond her. All she had ever done was make out with a boy, even though she gave off this demeanor that she had done much more. But that wasn't going to stop her now that she was finally.