Jamahl pointed at those marks then at a series of other similar gouges that only became visible if you really looked. Those other marks lead in a slig...tly wavy fashion from one of those high windows and straight back to the nearest dumpster bin on the other side of the access way.“I reckon ... I reckon...” went on Jamahl, “that someone forgot to bring the step-ladder and had to resort to some of the strong guys in the group lugging, bumping and dragging this thing over to there. I also reckon. “Hamar.”“Where the hell are you? Your team meeting started ten minutes ago,” Darlene snapped at me.“Damn!” The clock on my computer screen read 9:42. I’d only slept a couple of hours, but I’d forgotten entirely about the team meeting this morning. “Tell them I got caught in traffic. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes.”“Wait! Shower, shave, and dress right. It’s business casual on Fridays. Slacks, no ties. You can tell them I sent you home to change.”“That’s better than traffic?”“Trust me. Oh. And. "I looked closely at Sophie, wanting to make sure she understood. I guess she did because she already had tears in her eyes."Sophie, the thing is, regardless of what he thinks, that bike will always and forever remain broken and crushed. Maybe sometimes it will be remembered with a bit of fondness for the happy times it brought. More often, other times, he will remember the pain and hurt of the loss that having something he loved destroyed has brought him."You certainly were never a possession. I really need to go girls." Upset us! Duhhhhh, we're not upset, in fact you made our day. We need to speak to you again, but until then this will help make sure you are thinking of us."With that, Laurie stepped up to Robbie and kissed him very thoroughly indeed. She stepped back, panting heavily, her face flushed, only to be almost pushed aside by Kate. Kate if anything managed to put even more passion into her kiss and she looked at Robbie dreamily when the kiss was over. The twins moved in on.