Her petite body would probably have reached 110 pounds on a rainy day.The small pink box that set on the table caught her eye instantly. “Stephen yo... remembered,” Margaret mumbled. Her birthday would mean the start of summer break. That time where she and Stephen would be able to laze around the house more often and spend some quality time together. Ever since Stephen’s father passed away from a work-related accident, she felt like it was her duty to be both a fun-loving father, and a nurturing. Please don’t freak out about me telling her. I totally trust her and know that she would never do anything to hurt me so she will keep our s e cret safe. I just needed somebody to talk about all of this with and she’s been my best friend for forever. Anyway, let me know when I can see you again. I miss you. XoXoXoX Amy I left the note on his desk, taped closed and hoped that it would encourage Matt to set up a date for us. Luckily it did - he called me into his office on the last day of. I held thebag up to her and asked, “You sure you should be shopping here?”“Very funny. Although, with the way things have been going for me, maybe it’sappropriate.”“What about that guy, with the Porsche, a psychiatrist or something?”“Yeah . . . It really didn’t work out . . . Our schedules, y’know.” She gave aresigned shrug. About halfway there I talked Frieda into stopping forbreakfast. Since the insurance company would be picking up the tab, I orderedsteak and eggs, and Frieda had toast and. Well, I wasn’t coming close to that pace at this time last year. It was a wonder I finished races. Passing two more of our top ten runners half way around the last lap was a shock. But in the last two hundred meters when I called ‘Kick it!’ we passed three more of our top 5k guys and I was running step and step with the next one. I was stoked when I was ushered into the chute ahead of him.Behind us the chute filled with our jerseys.Bottles of sport drinks were shoved into our hands as we stood.