Unexpectedly, I caught sight of a small grocery store and decided to pull in, knowing there were certain types of fruit in season at this time of the ...ear, making them more prolific for purchase.Gabriella gave me a confused look. “Am I going in?” she wondered.“Nope,” I said simply. “I can’t surprise you if you come in with me.” I grinned again. “I’ll leave the keys with you, but I’m putting the ring in the trunk. Promise to be good?” I teased.She nodded eagerly, her red hair bouncing slightly,. I lived a pretty full life. It’s been a year and a half since I graduated. I joined an exercise club to keep in shape. One day I ran in to my old friend Mark. He said he moved to Ohio and joined an insurance firm. He hit me up for a policy and I went ahead and bought it. We got to talking and he surprised me. He said he and Sandy (one of the girls in our group) got married just the past summer. He said he would have invited me to the wedding if he knew where I lived. All he knew is that I moved. She kept talking , but on seeing my glare asked me about my silence. I did not speak. She lowered her eyelids and I kissed on her left cheek. Then on her forehead and held her palms tight.Then I pulled her to my chest and time stopped.We embraced and I did not know when clock went from 8 to 9.I could hear her fathers asking question to our teacher. I woke her up and wished her good night.The night I felt warm and sleepless. I had mild fever after embracing her.The next day was different. I. “He didn’t kill those men, Ron, she did!” she said, and now the sobbing wouldn’t be, couldn’t be, stopped. She pointed to the dress. “It’s the proof. David told her to burn it, but she didn’t; she kept it. It’s undoubtedly covered in GSR. Ron, David took the fall for our baby! My God what are we going to do!” “Stacey, what are you talking about,” he said. He’d understood her, but the reality of what she’d said was not believable, not close to believable. “She killed them, Ron. She killed.