Relieved when you offered to take me home, so thank you.”Tracey’s voice wasn’t quiet, but it was kind of subdued.“And as for you, Bec, I know ...’ve been kind of ... I know I haven’t been as nice to you as I should have and I’m sorry about that because you hadn’t given me any reason to treat you like that and then you did that for me at the party and I didn’t deserve for you to help me like that after the way I treated you and I’m really sorry about all that and I promise I’ll be ... I promise. It was from the bonding company, that big win on the megabucks slot machine. They don’t give the winner all the money, it is an annuity spread out over 25 years. I had assumed that was all gone, that Patty had somehow ended up with it all. Of course she couldn’t, it was in my name. Well, 29 million bucks spread out over 25 years, then after taxes and I was looking at a check for 580 big ones! I stood there and laughed so hard I started to choke, damn near vomited. I managed to get my breath,. She again told me that I didn’t have to and that the documentation was part of her work. Again, I told her that I wanted her company and that it wasn’t part of work. She smiled again and so I picked the movie. I picked one that I thought she might enjoy. When we got to the theatre we still had twenty minutes before the movie started and so we talked while the advertisements and trailers flashed on the screen. We were more than halfway back and in the middle of an almost empty theatre. Half way. “Hmmm, Matthew, that was really nice!”She’s older than Ella was, but she and I never kissed.“Thanks, Kel. Don’t go weird on me now, OK?”She blushed opening the door, and said, very quietly, “That kiss was better than I got from any boyfriend I have ever had. I am really envious of your girlfriend.”She looked like she wanted another kiss, but I smiled at her and pushed her out my door. I do not want to complicate my life any more than it is at the moment.I watched her taking slow steps and said.