Tonight was also going to be special for Matt becausehe was going to learn one cannot truly forgive themselves until theyforgive others.**************...Bridgette started to talk with Alice as Luke and Mary were pulling awayfor the time of their life. She wanted to catch up with her youngestsister. The older sister also wanted to hear Alice's delight in Luke.That boy had come so far from when he first moved to California. He wentfrom being an insecure and pessimistic timid boy to a confident. “That’s not the case. Listen I probably shouldn’t say this but if you were 18 and you weren’t my Granddaughter I’d totally ask you out on a date,” he said.I nearly dropped my fishing pole, “If you asked me out I’d say yes. Even if you are my Grandpa.” Oh my God did I just say that?I could see the shock on his face but before he could say anything I got a bite on my line. I pulled the pole up hard and then stood up from my chair. Let me tell you this now. I should have stayed seated. That fish. It had been a rather clumsy episode, not at all the seductive display she'd envisaged. Wearing thick winter clothes, especially a tight, polo-neck sweater, had been a mistake. There was no elegant way to remove them. According to the wall clock, she’d spent the longest three minutes of her life frantically unbuckling, wriggling and tugging. Her knee-high boots had refused to budge and her hair had got all messed up when the polo-neck jammed on her head.Never mind. He'd enjoyed it anyway.. We have our first period coaching with Ms. Devine on arranging music. Not sure I’ll be able to keep my hands off Cindy long enough to get to class on time.We made it to school on time and managed to pay attention to Ms. Devine as she went over the Rachmaninoff piano prelude Cindy and I were arranging for flute and guitar. We were nearly finished with it and thought it might be the centerpiece for our ‘intimate’ spring concert. It would be a relief to focus on that after the first of the.