”I grinned and said, “I did that once. Remember mom?”My mom said patiently, “Yes, dear. I remember. I also remember the hole in the wall it ma...e.”I shrugged. Joey knew how to make me angry too.I was understandably tense on the flight back to Crow. Apparently, if she determined I wasn’t safe to leave, there wasn’t anything anyone could do about it. I’d be stuck there for the next three years.Would that be such a bad thing? I kept asking myself that. While that would break my heart, a part of me. I love you now more than I loved you then. I loved me more than I loved you then. Please don't confuse the woman next to you with the selfish, spoiled child you knew in Lexington. I'm different."My head knew she wasn't the same person. Just as I was a different person than I was. But my heart had a hard time reconciling the facts.It became easier when I watched her board a plane when the Tour left Arizona.I had missed Bailey for years. But the ache in my heart in watching her go was more. And yes. Can I have a kiss?" Morning breath..." I don't care if you don't..."It was too new and too exciting for them to be put off by morning breath, though all they did was kiss and caress each other...Over breakfast, Delia asked, "Do you mind if I make us an appointment at the Rectory when I go to Matins?" Not at all. In fact ... why don't I come with you?"Her face lit up. "That'd be lovely, Gerry!"Her lady of the day was Edna, who only had to take one look at her. "Ah, my dear. You ... woke. Smith. As long as you’re polite, and you always are, please call me Lucky. Will you do that for me?" "Yes, Mr. Smith, er...I mean, Lucky." "Thank you, Mit. Now, get your butt in the hot tub and soak a while. Don’t get out until you are all warmed up." "Yes, Mr. Smith. I mean Lucky. Thank you for being so nice to me." The teen then turned and headed to the hot tub room. When she had gone to the hot tub, I gathered her wet clothes from Tiffany’s room and tossed them in the dryer. Mit.