They said there would be some single women there and I might find someone I like. Me I thought I would go have a few drinkss then come home to my lon...ly apartment.Okay, I thought at least it gets me out of the apartment for an afternoon. I met some friends I knew there and mingled a little bit and several times Lisa brought over girls to introduce to me but after small talk the interest was not there. That is until I saw Leslie across the yard. She was medium height, shoulder length. "Stephanie sat down, sweeping her skirt under her behind as she did soand crossed her legs. I sat down in a similar fashion and for somereason, I giggled. Stephanie smiled again."So," she began, "let me tell you my story. I have two elder sisters.It's the usual story. They wanted a little sister and since I was theonly one around, they chose me," He grinned and shrugged his shoulders."They dressed me as a girl, they christened me Stephanie and let medress up in their clothes. As Stephanie, I. I held his face with both hands and smiled, the kind of smile a woman has only for her husband. ‘I am so proud of you,’ I whispered. ‘I don’t have to hear Mike’s story to believe he meant it when he said you saved his life. You are a hero, Christopher West. You’re my hero. I’m damn proud of you, and I’m damn proud to be your wife.’ We were alone there together, and in that intimate moment we both felt safe in each other’s arms. With no one but me to see them, Chris’s tears poured out. I. Barnes gave the blanket order, but the girls thought that might be a one-time thing.I honestly did not know, but I said that it was the type of good luck that is easy to talk away. Resha understood karma so she agreed with that. I also mentioned that Barnes might remain open to Sam after the time he spent in her hotel room. Resha was amazed at that revelation, and gave another prayer of thanks to somebody “in poverty” (?) from India.Now that we were friends and were someplace where the walls.