More or less satisfied with what she saw (is any woman ever really satisfied with what they see in the mirror?), the teenager opened the closet door, ...hewing one plump, pink lip with anticipation.She gazed at the inside of the closet, brimming with clothing, tees, tank-tops, jeans, skirts, shorts, an entire summer wardrobe; upon closer inspection, a lot of it was the really cool stuff her mother would have had a stroke over. Low-slung jeans, denim minis, cropped tank tops, short-shorts, and. We didn’t make any plans. You don’t own me. I’m sure you can entertain yourself. Or maybe find someone to entertain you like you did in Canada.’ Cursing under his breath in frustration he told her, ‘I thought we had sorted that out. I made a mistake. I’m sorry. Why are you bringing that up again now?’ Lisa folded her arms across her chest and just stared. Mitch ran his hands through his hair in frustration, ‘As long as I live I’ll never understand you women. I said I’m sorry. It won’t happen. Sensei told me that I should steer clear of any I saw who could do either fatal strike badly. Each takes a significant amount of strength and skill. David could easily have killed you where you stood in under ten seconds.”“I suspect closer to five. I wouldn’t need to cause temporary paralysis or hold back to ensure I didn’t injure your soldier,” I said conversationally. “It is one of the advantages of helping test out a prototype exoskeleton designed to help people with traumatic brain injuries. ”Coach Wilson didn’t say he liked it here or that it was his lifelong dream to coach Alabama football and he would never leave. He’d simply said his wife liked it here.Then I got it. Coach Wilson’s loyalty wasn’t to the University of Alabama as such. What made him tick was hard work in the form of the process he’d talked about. He could take that anywhere.When we left, I knew one thing for certain: Coach Wilson meant what he said. I discovered a focused man. He wasn’t complicated, and in that.