When he arrived at the apartment complex, he was relieved that the management had shoveled and salted the sidewalks and plowed the parking lot. By the...end of winter, he would have enough money saved to buy a decent used car, and by the start of the following winter, he would have enough funds to properly maintain and operate it during the winter, which would make going to and from work a bit more bearable for him. Yet at that moment, nothing would have pleased him more than to be back on the. They were not only gym mates, Devon was also a trainer. He had dreads but small and lighter in color at the ends. He was very attractive. “Yeah, man, give me her number,” he said. I said, “Well, I won’t hold my breath,” and gave them both a quick hug and got in line to check out while they continued shopping.I’d just got to my car when my phone rang. It was Terrance and I said, “Wow, that was fast.”He asked if I was taking an Uber. “No, I have my car. Why?”“I was gonna ask you to split it,” he. What I should have done, is tapped the horn as I came up behind her. Maybe I thought she would recognize my van in her mirror and stop. But she just accelerated away down the street. I kept going, and caught up with her at the next light, which was Linden - a busy commercial highway. I could have honked then, I suppose, but it would have been awkward communicating in the street. I was curious about where she was going. I was interested in Tina Callahan, and so I made the childish decision to. “NASA, Dad,” Terri added. “Did you EVER imagine I’d be involved with NASA?!?”“You’re going there for a conference on young women in science and technology, baby. They’re not auditioning you for a space mission.”“Yet...” she said softly.I choked, trying to stifle an outright laugh. Alan noted my discomfiture. “You’re a BIG help, Cindy.”“Networking,” I said. “You and Dan, when we were first talking about starting the business, said networking was the key. We’ve pretty much networked our butts off.