"He suited the action to the words and she responded enthusiastically. They were never more than two inches apart for the rest of the evening.It was n...t until the following Friday that a reply to Katrina's letter arrived. She read it and handed it to Andrew without a word. It read:My dearest Katherine,It was a happy surprise to hear from you after so long and to learn your wonderful news. I am delighted for you and your husband to be and wish you both every happiness.I'm sad to say that your. “Umm hello Beth” he said “it is a bit embarrassing to meet like this”. I just laughed “well I guess we can say that I understand why you may think that. I was just here to pick up my gym bag I forgot. But I certainly didn’t expect to get a show as well. I will go now. Pleased to meet you Derek and lovely to see you Cindy”. I grabbed the bag and headed off to the gym. “You are late” said Toni. I apologised and said I would explain when I got home. I had trouble concentrating on my workout. My. Anyway, these two youngish dark-skinned guys came over to our table because they probably had a photo of Angela. She was trembling sitting next to me and I knew she was remembering her "payments" in flesh right after crossing the border. Without a word, they sat down opposite us and I saw they had loaded up their trays with the popular combinations and huge drinks from the bottomless soda machine. The pretty manager was looking our way and I could tell she was trying to figure out if she should. When there was a surprise item on the menu that he liked better she knew to get it. She made sure that the office was stocked with the snacks that he usually requested.No matter what she did, it seemed to her that he didn’t notice. At first she thought that it was because of his grief over losing his wife and son. As time went by and his grief never lessened, she began to get worried. Then he started to recover although the signs of recovery were subtle at first. There were little chuckles,.