The glare of a beam of sunlight hitting the surface of the water caused Charlie to look away from his washing, the glistening rays blinding him for a ...oment and causing him to look down the stream into the sight of a girl’s hair tucked behind her ear, an ear whose tip was pink from the morning cold. She turned, surprised to find him looking at her. Then, a slight, sad smile from her greeted his obvious stare. She didn’t walk towards him, he’d never have expected her to and she turned away to. He was strict with my mother although she was his first sweetheart in the village. Mom and dad didn’t continue their education but they knew the minimum to read and write. Their education was mainly administered by the local church and that was why my father had a great respect for the priests and the clergy in general.Mom was always obedient to dad as was the norm in villages at that time. Whatever dad said was the right thing for mom. She never objected and I could always see the acceptance. He was just as surprised to see me. Seeing Kara’s hand at work I smiled. Sitting seven rows up from the blue line, I enjoyed the action and Tim’s company. The only negative was that Tim’s team lost. After the game, we enjoyed after game drinks and snacks at a nearby restaurant. Our conversation was stilted because we kept looking into each other’s eyes and smiling. As I took mass transit to the game, Tim offered to take me home as his car was at his office. Telling him I did not feel safe. Seem that I didn’t have to afterall. I only needed to open the case for just long enough to make her computer give some sort beep that surprised the shit out of her. It caused two of the others further down the counter to come rushing over as well as an airport cop who had his hand on his gun.She took a few seconds to calm herself down before she told everyone everything was fine. Still, they stayed close as she handed me a ticket that just had the flight, but no seat assignment. There were a.