She was a bright kid, just confused. She decided to attend Rutgers University in New Jersey where Michael and his family lived. She asked if she could...stay with them. Michael saw no problem with it. Michael went to the airport to pick her up and was floored when he saw Becky, tall, slender, brown and gorgeous, the product of a white mother and a cuban father. “Becky?” “Uncle Mike?” she asked “Yep!” He gave her a hug “wow, what happen to the little pudgy kid I last saw?” . There was an accident at home. There was a fire. Ma, Pa, and the others,” At this point tears filled her eyes and she started to sob “they are all gone!!”She threw her arms around me and began to sob into my shoulder. Gerald stood by patting her rather ineffectually on the back and murmuring something unintelligible.I didn’t put my arms around Bella, I sat there just staring, not really feeling anything. Finally, the guards separated us and after about another hour of visiting, Bella and Gerald. Moose spoke, echoing his thoughts. "That was rude. He didn't even waitfor us to respond."A general murmur of agreement followed, and then an awkward silence aseach man found himself wondering why they all suddenly felt that way. Itwas not exactly a masculine response. In fact it was more like somethingone of their girlfriends would have said."Hey guys! This one's open! Come here! You have GOT to see this!"--------------------------------------------------------------The room was. She looked at her hand. "Again? Weather must be getting drier. Bye, Tom." And then she left.Relieved and suddenly feeling tired, probably from the sudden letdown of adrenaline, I sat back down to finish my lunch. By the end of it I was ready for a nap. I called in sick for the rest of the day and headed home to do just that.---Dianna felt full of energy. What a totally random meetup, but she hadn't even known why she had driven so far from the station to that particular sandwich shop. There.