Brad nodded. He didn't want to leave his wife home, but if he didn't close the cabin for the winter this weekend, it may be a few weeks before he woul... be able to winterize it. The closer to November it became the greater risk of the pipes freezing."Please don't be angry with me. I can't help it," Lisa said as she gave her husband a hug. "You'll have a good time with Wendy and Kevin. Tell them I miss them," Lisa said and then she kissed Brad."This really sucks, Lisa. I want you to call in and. It was going to be tough… I was always terrible about waiting until Christmas morning to open presents as a kid and that never really went away."Anyway, we do have two great things planned for the rest of the day but we need to get going now to make it all work." Amy and Steph got up from their seats and I started to gather my books. As we were getting ready to leave, the owner walked up and gave us a great big smile."I look forward to seeing you tomorrow." and gave Amy a big hug. I thought. It was a long way out to his house, up on the Moors, and it seemed to take for ever but i liked the ride and his chatter and, as it was a warm day, i undid the top button of my shirt to let some air onto my skin. i was sure i saw him glance at me as i did so. After a while he pulled off the main road and onto a farm track, 'Just a little detour,' he said. It was fine by me, but as we went further my heart began to race wondering if what i was imagining was finally going to happen.Dave killed. For the first part of my university life I spent my whole time either studying, in a lecture or with Jason. I had spoken with a few of my fellow students but hadn’t spent any time building up a friendship with any of them. It suddenly occurred to me how very much alone I was now. Jason, the fucking bastard, had called me just under four hours ago to end our relationship. He had said that he didn’t feel that he loved me anymore but in truth there was a blonde bimbo I had seen flirting with him .