Birgit was waiting for us, but she was happy as I’d been up at my usual time and cuddled her while I caught up on the local, national, and internati...nal news, before going back upstairs for a shower. After breakfast, we kissed the kids and Kara goodbye, and then the two of us and Elyse went out to my car. At Cook County, I walked Jessica to the doors to the ER.“I’m sorry, Tiger.”“It’s OK, Babe. In fact, I’m glad you missed me. That wouldn’t have been the case before last November.”“No, it. She was what he had hoped forfour years before. Jaimie led him to the bleachers and sat him downnext to her. John tried hard to suppress his smile as Jaimie wasbeaming at seeing Mark again.Jaimie's friends watched in suspicion as the two sat down watching thegame. Michael Finn recognized Mark and asked what was going on, gettinga quick, "Later" from his parents. Their friends tried to do the samegetting the same response. Michael finally asked,, "If he is here thensomething bad happened, so. Probably the worst of it would blow over in a few days, and at least they'd have a move made to get rid of the house. It wouldn't be the first time he'd ridden out one of her episodes, and he knew he'd just have to hang on and ride until the storm blew over.North of the lake, Mike slowed to turn up County Road 919. Shaundessy's Bait and Tackle at East Turtle Lake sold about five papers a week in the winter, but made up for it with fifty a week in the summer, so it was worth the stop, only a. " I walked to the bathroom and stepped inside to find one of those largeold style tubs in the centre of the room. Turning on the hot water I letit run looking around I spotted some bath salts lifting the bottle Itipped some in the smell reaching my nostrils, I looked at the bottle.Scent of a Woman they were called."Hope they work, I need all the help I can get," I said to myself as Ibegan to strip of my clothes, naked I rubbed the cream that she had givenme all over my body before stepping into.