In many ways she reminded me of my lost Beanie.It was always our custom when any of us from the office went into the café for a break and a chat to s...t at one of the special tables against the wall. They always had a few flowers on them and nice printed menu's, I was sure that she was doing this to look after her regular customers. Carol always kept a reserved notice on the tables which meant that we had three tables reserved for staff from the Ministry of Defence offices... It was no great. ’ I stepped back and looked at her beside the tree, which was a nice tree but a tree all the same. Miss crest was clearly the more attractive thing to look at. She had her eyebrows raised and an expression of hope on her face. She was wearing a matching set of white winter hat, scarf and mittens that had red snowflakes knitted into the pattern, and a pair of bright red rubber boots over her jeans. She would have looked dorky if she wasn’t so beautiful. I had known for a long time that Miss. .. I hope.”“Thanks again, Joel. I’m sure we’ll be seeing you soon. Bye,” she said.I found Sharon a few minutes later and let her know the gist of my conversation with Mrs. Payne. We both agreed that it sounded like she was going to settle with Mr. Marlowe. I couldn’t blame her under the circumstances. A court case would take forever and be very expensive, even if she’d won. Then, she’d have to sue for damages in civil court. Not a very enticing prospect.Tory returned to school four weeks after. "You goin', then?" she asked.I leaned against the counter, replying, "Um, yeah. No reason not to, ya know? Not like I'm some great social butterfly with a full schedule, huh?"Rachel poured herself some ice tea and took a sip, giving me a thumb's up, as she walked back out to the living room.That evening, I went through all of my clothes, trying to figure out what to wear. She said casual, so that's what I wanted, but not too casual. I hardly knew her, and I certainly wouldn't know anyone there,.