There were lots of kids not on the list, but I didn’t contact them. I figured that if you wanted me to reach them you would have told me.” Andrew ...umped out of his seat, grabbed Elle and spun her around over his head. He was laughing and hugging her. She was laughing too, mostly from the intensity of her father’s reaction. I’ve never seen him so relieved. This must have been awful for our sweet boy. He was enduring this for so long and never said anything to us! Who would have guessed? Given. “Sure, I only had two classes today anyway. If it’s about last night, I already said not to worry about it.” I lied, as I was actually still pretty pissed off.“Well, it was that and other stuff.” She said mysteriously.I sat down opposite her and poured cereal into a bowl.“What other stuff?”“Well, last night we were pretty drunk and Julia told me some things about Jason and that’s why I ended up telling her about the panties thing. Again, I’m sorry…” Jason was Julia’s son; he was a few years. The light changed, and we started across the street. She asked what my name was, and I told her."I'm Spyder, with a 'Y'," she said. "That's what my friends call me anyway."I smiled and nodded. We reached the other sidewalk, and I just kind of stood there, waiting for her to go on her way because I didn't her to know I knew about the short cut. When she asked which way I was going, I pointed my thumb down the street to the corner of the long way around."Over on Pleasant?" She sure was nosey."On. " Diana was clearly nervous, she barely made eye contact with me. When she did, she'd look up and smile then go back to sipping her coffee or looking at the ground. Why was this woman so afraid of her own shadow? "Do you come to this place often?" "From time to time. One of my coworkers told me about it." "What do you do?" "I'm an accountant. Glamorous I know but it suits me." "Why do you say that?" "No reason. Just forget I said that. About the other day, I should apologize. It was.