(although he was very cute)I showed him around the yard and told him what I wanted done. We agreed on a price and he was to start the following morni...g. I walked him to his truck and found myself getting rather excited of the thought of him being around. I know I should have simply walked into the house but instead, dumb ass me asked him if he would care for a cold beer? He thought that would really taste great so while he seated himself at my picnic table, I went inside to get the beer. I. I need to see that new consultant soon I thought. When my Mum returned my sister ran up the stairs excited and burst in with our new Tennis gear. Jasmine looked very excited. “Felicity we are meeting Bradley and Thomas today.” “I know,” I said not thinking to remind her to drop the Felicity thing.“I think Thomas is really cute, do you like Bradley?” I squirmed “Hell Sis I’m a boy! In case you’d forgotten, of course I don’t!” She said sorry but carried on talking about Thomas as she unpacked. "Charlie, I'm sorry but this just isn't going to work," I told him with a gentle hand on his shoulder, trying to let him down easy. "Your new design is just too complex to be completed in two hours. I wish I could give you more time but I just can't. Not today."I didn't explain why. When I turned down requests from clients to stay longer, I never gave a reason. I just let them assume I had another client to see. Charlie looked at his watch and muttered a quiet, Damn!. Then he nodded, agreeing. She got the loving that she seemed to desperately need and we fell asleep spooned together.Monday was a normal day at school, though I did take time out to walk over to the postal station on campus and mail the package and card to Kara. I felt like it was a wasted effort, but I had to make this one final gesture. Fundamentally, all I wanted was to talk to her, see if I could make sense out of what happened, and say ‘good bye’. There wasn’t much else that could happen, really, and even that was.