He's never just trying to score. He wouldn't have made love to you if he didn't really care for you. And he's a really good judge of people, so everyo...e he's with tends to get along with all of the others." Mmmm. That's about what Moira told me too. That Gary collects and loves his treasures." That's it exactly!" I agreed, impressed with Moira's turn of phrase. I decided to use it."And that makes you a treasure, Saralinda. And I'm not just saying that. You're a wonder. You're beautiful. You're. "I'm not going to try to tell you that I always loved you. How can I make you believe that when it's hard for me to believe? There is no way that I can tell you that I loved you when I think of what I did, when I was seeing Alan two or three times a week over the last few months of our marriage."But I hope you can believe this. As strange as it may seem, the reason I pushed you away so much while I was having the affair, was because I did still care about you. I found it too hard to look you in. Familiar faces that don't remember... well, anything." I know," I said. "But we're not beaten yet!"Lauren looked at me, indicating the locked door and the maelstrom behind it, and our two semi-conscious charges. "Are we even on the scoreboard?" she asked."On the scoreboard?" I scoffed. "Are you forgetting Hardware Token B?" Oh, yeah," she said, smiling a bit in spite of herself. She went on deadpan, "At last, I can stop worrying and relaxing, my hero. I forgot you had Hardware Token B." Right!". " Too true," Warren said with a wry grin. "And we've certainly traveled a long and winding road to get here. Our life has been so wrapped up with skating. So, when we've had a twist in life, we've had a twist in skating." And we've had a lot of twists," Sophia laughed. "Nine years. We met each other almost exactly nine years ago." And I wouldn't change a minute. Well, except for being attacked, that I'd change. Everything else, I wouldn't change." Even me breaking up with you Freshman year?".