”“Sure, honey – that’s a good idea. Don’t stop learning, whatever else you do. I remember reading four or five books every year in school.�...Our town had a nice branch library. My empty school bag could hold about six or seven of the books I wanted.She parked and went in with me to the counter, where I showed my card and was allowed in.Mom lingered at the counter while I went to the stacks and stacks of books they had and fifteen minutes later, I had a stack of nine books.The library worker took. "As he put his hand out she automatically put hers out, forgetting the crutches, and fell right at him. With an athletes reflexes he grabbed her under each arm and steadied her."I told you she has the hots for you, TD!" Marty laughed, teasing Ginny.Blushing scarlet, Ginny mumbled something like "pleasedtomeetcha" and stumbled back to the kitchen on her crutches. The boys went upstairs to get settled in. Marty was staying in his room, but since it only had one bed, TD was going to stay in. What life held for me was still unknown, but I knew that if I continued adding pieces to the puzzle, the picture would eventually be revealed.After the sauna we went to the kitchen and I drained the water from the chicken, then rinsed the bowl and filled it with buttermilk. I put the chicken in the buttermilk to soak and put the bowl back in the refrigerator. The girls and I played pool and watched some MTV until it was time to bread and then fry the chicken in the oven. While the chicken was. “What just happened?” asked Jason.Caitlin sighed and studied her clenched fists. “She makes me so mad.”“Did I do something to her?”“No,” Cait’s blue eyes flicked up to his, and she smiled. “‘Lise and Connor are dating. It turned serious over the weekend. So, I guess, she’s protecting her...” Cait glanced up as if the words she needed were on the ceiling. “Investment, yes, Elise is protecting her investment.”A relationship turned serious seemed to have only one possible meaning. Way to go,.