At least the weather was on my side. It was pleasantly warm, withoutbeing hot - though I was certainly glowing by the time I?d gone morethan 10 minute... from the store. To make myself stand out a little lessI unpinned my little cap and dropped it in a bin so I looked more likea nurse from any of the care homes dotting the area out for a legstretch. I passed the time thinking of murderous things to do toMelissa, promising myself that I would never overeat and under-exericse, while looking out for. Goddamn it I was sad. I was looking at maybe being sad forever. Damn it!****I was out of the hospital on day ten of my incarceration there. And, in spite of Claire’s protestation to the contrary, I was still wary of going to their place to stay. It was, frankly, the last place on earth that I wanted to be staying. So as we drove I was doing my level best to think how I could shorten my stay there.“I did have to give Claire credit for thoughtfulness on one score. She’d gone to our place,. She was at fourteen hundred meters when I caught her. I stopped and said, "I'm just confirming that when I win, it's OK for me to shave it all off." I heard Wendy give a slight moan and Julie grunt, as she tried to go faster. Soon I was back up to speed, passed her at eighteen hundred meters. I then picked up speed finishing ahead of her by twenty-five meters.She felt exhausted and just leaned forward on her knees trying to find some oxygen. Bob was looking at his stopwatch, and was just. "Her thoughts seemed to be drowned out by the swelling sounds of an organ, playing the traditional bridal entry music."I love you, Sammy," her mother said. "Now go."With that, her mother held open the door to the sanctuary, and Sammy passed through it.As she walked down the aisle, she saw friends and family on both sides. Ahead, she could see Raul waiting for her, a smile beaming from her father's face. She couldn't help but smile back at him.Then a door behind the pulpit opened, and Bobby,.