”She wrapped her arms around him, not believing how right it felt to be there standing in his arms. “Hey, you wanna get out of here? Go grab a bur...er or something.” He asked.“I would love to.”“Cool.” Taking her hand they went over to their friends told them they were going to leave and do their own thing, and headed out the door. When they got to his truck he helped her up into the passenger seat, and closed the door. Once behind the wheel he looked at her, and smiled. “Do you have any. I had called Kathy and pretended to be still out of town. I just wanted to know how the kids were. Kathy, like Mary, sounded a bit funny, but said that they were okay, and that Gayle had asked if she could keep them overnight, which was fine with her. I asked her to please keep them, and also asked if necessary could she keep them for another night, as I thought that some things needed dealing with that the kids didn’t need to be involved in. Kathy was immediately agreeable, and told me that. So one day he gave her friend a note to give her after school, telling her to meet him in front of his classroom. She showed up, giving him a big kiss."What's up?" she asked him."Oh, I was just wondering if you wanted to do something after school." Don't you have track practice?" Nah, I can skip it for once. I'd rather be with you." Awwh, really? That's so sweet, Matt," she gushed, taking his hand. "What do you want to do? We can go to my house. My mom's probably home though... " Well, we can. Things he had said. Things I had said. ‘I don’t have a particularly good memory,’ I had said. ‘No,’ he had said with a grimace and thereby mockingly agreed. When I’m having a down time I try to handle it myself, but I couldn’t handle this. I woke my boyfriend and clung to him while weeping hysterically. I still can’t remember the policeman’s name or face, but small memory-glimpses from the interrogation haunts me. I remember that at one point he started talking a lot. Like really blah blah.