My daughter made the call, told my ex that she really should speak to me and within a few hours, I had my ex’s phone number.Making that phone call w...s the hardest thing I had ever done. Yet for some reason, I was pissed when it went straight to voice mail. I left a heartfelt request that she let me take her to lunch or dinner because I really needed to speak with her about something very important. She never called back. She still hasn’t. After calling my daughter and explaining the situation I. I haven't mentioned it before, but he's a Momma's Boy, and his Momma is a big wheel in that church of hers. I always thought you could do better." But..." But what?" Sue asked softly. "I know you've said you two were good together. Were you? Really? Or was it just something you told yourself." I, uh, I don't know. I thought we had a lot in common, but lately..." Her voice trailed off and she stared at Sue's flexing toes. "We really haven't been seeing much of each other. I mean, we get together. " It's a date."Chapter NineteenThe week again was busy. I was looking forward to our date; I felt therelationship was going somewhere. Saturday, Daniel came up to thehouse, changed clothes and did some homework on the computer.Six o'clock that night, I again knocked on the door, Laura opened it inthe same dress as our last date. We both laughed, I was wearing thesame clothes as well."I'm sorry, I have only one good dress." she apologized."That's okay. I have more female clothing than male. " I stared at John's face, but his eyes were turned down."I'm gonna go," he said quietly and then I was pretty much as alone as I'd ever been in my life.It felt like every kid in that lunchroom was staring at me, as if they'd heard every word and they weren't taking my side. I felt my gut aching, like I was all hollow suddenly. But I wasn't empty, I was full of hurt and it tried to come up through my eyes, but I wasn't gonna cry. I thought about being strong and all the things people had said.