" I noticed you didn't mention my roommate." I know you have feelings for her, but she nearly ruined my life." Well you can't blame her for being attr...cted to you and you did save her life." I know. I guess it's not such a big deal now as my wife and I are divorced." I know. God, how many times we talked about what to do about Rachel." sighed Susan."Yeah. I hated to act the way I did, but she really left me no choice." You know, Whit ... I didn't blame you in the end. You were so kind to me. I was morally certain that he would not have been permanently injured by the fire, but I still wanted him to be more careful. I was also amazed that a five-year-old had the presence of mind to do what he did. I already knew that he was strong enough to do it, but I did not know that he had the brain power to reason out how to do it.Meanwhile, Mary had been trying to calm her mother down. Janice was absolutely overcome with grief. The doctor had left, but the priest was still there talking to. I moved in closer to an area where four picnic tables sat obscured from their view on a hillside about four hundred feet from the water's edge my pulse quickened as gazed upon the table there they were two pair of cotton panties,one white with a floral pattern the other light blue, both were high-cut with with dainty narrow waistbands.Being that no one was in sight, I first picked up the blue pair,turning them inside out I noticed the crotch stained with a whitish-yellow crystallized. It solicited his nomination for the 2023 Robert J. Myers Service Award. While the rest of the world was enjoying a long holiday break with their families, Amos sat motionless behind his office desk, pondering the email’s content. He reflected on whether the award had ever been made posthumously, and wondered whether Hugh would somehow qualify. ‘The award recognizes actuaries for a single noteworthy public service achievement and actuaries who have devoted their careers to public service,’ he.