Riding the train wasn’t like what it used to be. Its hard to meet people when said people think it is perfectly polite to share a meal table with th...ee other people and not even say good morning to them, let alone strike up a conversation. The eastern trains had just lost their full-service menus, but the Empire Builder had not been affected yet. I ordered the cheese omelet, with potatoes, chicken apple sausages, and a crescent roll. It wasn’t bad.I got up after breakfast, and walked to the. Then you realize that everything is extremely clear, the trees, the bushes, even those carpenter ants on that tree about ten yards away!Your name is... was... Steven Porter. You had just gone to sleep last night, just finished with the last day of high school. You were a senior, but you have yet to have a girlfriend, or unfortunately,ever gone past a little innocent kissing. You had expected to finally see some action in college, but you had the whole summer ahead of you before that. Now. Hello Joan. I didn’t recognize you. How are you doing?’ ‘David and I are taking it day by day. This time of year is hard. Tommy was our Valentine’s Day baby. We always considered his birthday to be a more important occasion. I told your Dad that I found those ‘Angel of Love’ poems you wrote Tommy when we were going through his room. It was strange that he kept them all these years. One even had a picture of him with wings.’ Karen drew in another breath. She had found out about Tommy’s death a. She called me Richard, she never knew the difference, she told me she would love me for an eternity and a day. Her slender fingers traced the muscles on my back up and down and lightly scratched me as we arrived at the gates of bliss, and that last kiss. I knew he was watching, I could feel the heat from his anger, he would never reveal my ruse for his beloved Johanna would never be the same if she knew. So I enjoyed every second of my pleasure and his torment was delicious. I watched as she.