”“That would be in August, I guess, when she comes back from Georgia.”“I’ll plan to visit at some point, then. I can drive up on a Friday ev...ning and come home on Sunday like you’ve done in the past. And maybe I’ll bring Joyce with me.”“I’d like that,” Joyce said. “Kara, I’m amazed at how you’re handling this.”“What options do I have?” she sighed. “Curl up in a ball and cry? Leave my mom by herself? Find a new boyfriend? No. Though I promise I’ll cry more. I can’t help it,” she said, as another. .. I don't know, 50 years now? My memory wasn't so great to begin with. You seemed to have loved me just long enough to break the curse, and now I'm 19 again. I have my whole life ahead of me, Henry, and it's all thanks to you." No problem," I said uneasily. "Don't mind at all. Glad I could help."She licked her lips and stood up, making me step back and almost trip on the coffee table."Let me show you my gratitude," she said huskily. "You loved me when I was wrinkly and old, now you can love me. Sharon stopped laughing immediately and looked back at him, Harry could see her mind thinking it over, he was confident however, that her decision would go his way. He smiled at her and took her soft hand in his wrinkled one gently squeezing it before he took the other too, Sharon looked down at their joined hands then back at the old mans face, into his eyes.“I would like that a lot” she said quietly a smile crossing her face“My daughter is out of town and I have a key to her house we can go. I hope I didn't get you into too much trouble," she said when I stopped talking for a few seconds."What do you mean, Heather?" It was me. I called the coach and told him you didn't come home until three o'clock on Sunday morning," my sister said, moving away from me when she saw my fist. But I restrained myself, thinking, this cannot be happening."Why would you do that, Heather?" I asked when I thought it was safe for me to speak. She was bawling."I don't know," she said, wiping away the flood.