No matter, today?s incident wasn?t as bad as itcould have been, so he brushed it off and headed to the gym.??????????? Jake spenthis days working out ...nd hanging with friends. He was 22 and in good shape. Hewas thin and well toned, not muscular, but enough tone to show off the start ofa six-pack. He had a hint of Native American in his blood, which left him witha good skin tone and an easy tan after only a few minutes in the sun. Why spendtime in a tanning bed when you can easily walk the beach. That was something new to me. I never knew her aunt owned the restaurant. Of course, as a kid, I really never went there.He did mention that the few times he was in the café, guys would try to flirt with her but she always told them nicely that she wasn't interested. I didn't mention it but Jed was married and had a daughter who was a teenager. He and his wife just moved here about six months ago, so he wasn't really familiar with too many people in the area.At noon on Saturday, I was walking. " Wait and see."He did go and he did walk it. That meant Wednesday and Friday evenings were booked. To Sally's chagrin her rehearsal evenings were Tuesday and Thursday. However, her luck changed when there were joint rehearsals for Haydn's Seasons in October. For the three weeks before it choir and orchestra were together on Tuesdays and Fridays. She and Nick gravitated towards each other during the breaks and she was thrilled. She was even more thrilled when he invited her to have a meal with. * * * * * I saw her walking slowly towards the school entrance. She was staring at her own feet, with a sad expression on her face. I wondered what she was thinking about, didn’t she like working here? Had something happened to her? The thought of anyone or anything causing her pain, made my body grow tense and my hands tighten into fists as an ache spread in my chest. She walked unseeingly into the cloakroom where I was standing, hands in my pockets, waiting for her. She was so beautiful, her.