’ Phoenix stood, and when she turned she was looking into Kate’s tear filled eyes. She made a small choked sound, and threw herself into Kate’s ...rms. ‘Why?’ she whimpered, ‘Why did we have to lose him?’ Kate held her close as they both cried. When they had calmed down some Kate led Phoenix to a small bench encircling a nearby tree and waited. ‘How did you know I was here?’ Phoenix finally whispered. Kate smiled sadly. ‘Your mother called me. She was worried about you. I don’t think she knows. In fact, she vaguely remembered his name from her days on the college track team. Now that she thought about it, she had been in some other meets where he was present; conceited and overly self-confident was her assessment of him at the time.The shuttle was arriving. Jenn shut down the computer and took out her USB. She went to the Clinic and saw several doctors. They did not seem to be able to handle her granddaughter's particular leukemia. Her husband's injury seemed to be permanent. Nothing. Despite the overcast skies, he hadn't really expected Elaina to show up: they had spent a lot of time together this last week and he knew she had things that needed doing. He already knew she patrolled her 'turf' for trespassers, but he also thought she had some kind of business or investments. She never seemed to lack for ready cash anyway.What surprised him most was that Dawn never showed up, either to sit down to eat or to get take-out. His sullen mood had followed him from the office, and. Mom probably forgot to go shopping yesterday after work. I bet she'll remember after yoga and stop at Wholefoods on the way home, I thought. Since the selection was scarce I just downed a whole glass of OJ and headed out back to the yard. Our house was in a Cul de Sac, an upper middle-class suburb, forty-five minutes outside Dallas. While it wasn't a mansion or anything spectacular, we did have a rather nice yard, which I was responsible for. And so I pulled the lawn mower out from under the.