”I googled all I could, but nothing showed up, and her mother’s name was different, so without calling her, I had nowhere to look.The next morning... about eight o’clock, the phone rang. It was Cheryl. I said hello. “So, one day a lady calls me up to introduce herself, and the next day my car bill is a fourth of what it was and I have thirty dollars for gas. You gots some splainin’ to do, Francie. Believe it or not, Missus Rawlins, I know that timing chains don’t let antifreeze out of an engine. She might even babysit for a couple of hours if you’re still interested in that.”“I’d kiss her on the mouth for that!” she said softly, with a chuckle, then glanced over my shoulder. “In-coming.”“So, yeah,” I said, changing my whole tone of voice like we were in a completely different conversation. “There’s a lot of different exercises that people can do around the house without much in the way of equipment. If you Google ‘no equipment workout’ a few things should come right up. Watch a few. ?" the teacher replied. "Simmons, ma'am, Miranda Simmons," the girl said, taking a seat next to a group of girls who were obviously her friends, giggling quietly at her embarrassment. I also noticed, without looking up from my book, that her desk was the one right next to mine. It was about now that I figured out that I had reread the same page four times in the last two minutes, so utterly distracted by this girl. I hadn't looked up, or stopped reading, but I already knew many things about. By the time I emerged from the bathroom, the breakfast she ordered was atthe door. We ate, and she grabbed my keys. I went for the door, but sheheld me up by grabbing my arm. I flinched a little, since she didn't knowher own strength and the apparent weakness of my arm. "Here, Jim, I made you up this pocketbook with everything you'll need,"Laura said while she handed me a huge, black, leather pocketbook that Ihad seen her throw into her suitcase the day before.I looked at her for a moment and.