"That's perfect Mom. You look absolutely amazing, you really do. I want to take a lot more pictures of you. Seriously, I think I can get some really g...eat pictures of you with this new camera." Aww sweetheart, you are just saying that!" she said blushing a little at my praise."No, I really mean it, Mom. I want you to model for me some more," I said."Well maybe another time, honey. Right now it's getting late and your 'model' had a hard day," she said. I put my camera away and didn't say any. "Take care, laddie." You, too, Jack."I drove off. A glint of sun blinded me temporarily - at least it had to be something like that to make my eyes water the way they did.Colin had been stalwart in filling in for me. He briefed me on the story so far and took me to meet the other team. They were duly sympathetic about my plight and commiserated with me about being stuck in some god-forsaken village all this time. I said little, merely smiling and nodding acquiescence. Negotiations were quite. Nice colors.For the first time in a month...What? she dropped her tennis toned butt into the seat, and swept her hair off her neck and back, twisting it, and letting it fall down in a coil onto the back of her lavender purple turtle neck.See for yourself ... Amanda turned the magazine around, and scooted it the couple of inches towards Emmas tray.It was true, for the first time in a month, there werent pictures of her on Page Six. For the past month, it had been full of pictures of her coming. I called his cell phone and tracked it to see where he was. All I needed him to do was pick up the phone. The tracking system would do the rest. When he picked up the phone I couldn't resist talking to him, "Chris where are you?" I asked. He asked me who I was. I guess he didn't recognize my voice. That was understandable since he'd only heard it once or twice, but it still hurt. "Your best friend," I said hanging up.When Chris got to the track the next day, I watched him drive into the parking.