Katie appeared at my side and waved down at Rob. “Hey, Babes,” she smiled, almost too softly for him to hear. But he did, and he flashed her a wry...smile, still standing in the river a dozen or so metres away from my shipwrecked Toyota. I left them to it and trotted down the slope towards Melissa. As I approached, she tentatively let go of Sally and padded forward. Her green eyes were filled with tears, her bottom lip quivering. “Hey,” I soothed as I swept her up in a tight hug, cupping the back. "Fine!"I opened the door. Kim looked up to me with wide eyes and her chin trembled as she started to speak. I did an about face and went back to my seat without making a comment.She skittered through the door like a nervous mouse, her hand clutched at the base of her throat. Her eyes darted around the room. She gasped when she saw my parents.Mom's face was hard as she stared at Kim. Kim shrank back from the stare and looked at me.I pointed to the floor at my feet. "Here."Kim lit up and stood. Kline’s hand. “Wow, Mr. Kline. I don’t know what to say except, well, thank you!” Alex said, beaming. “Well you two, get up on stage and I’ll call out a prompt. There aren’t any scripts, Brandee, so you will do this impromptu. Just flow with it.” Alex grabbed my hand and quickly ascended the steps to center stage. “Okay. The time frame is the present. Brandee and Alex, you two are long time lovers but Brandee has just found out that she must move far, far away. You’ll never see one another. We went to malls where I had to describe details of different outfits,what jewelry to wear with them, what shades of makeup would look best,and on what type of occasion I might wear such an outfit. Toeveryone's delight I could choose and accessorize an outfit better thanmost of the girls in school and I seemed to have better taste than themtoo! I seemed to have a knack of choosing just the perfect outfit toflatter my figure and when I tried them on other customers complimentedme on my.