It felt so good to have him close, but I didn't want to give in. If he broke my heart twice I wasn't sure I'd survive it."Alec told me I had to focus ...n getting better. I wasn't thinking very clearly and I thought that meant I couldn't have you." Jesse's fingers traced a spiral on my shoulder, "I'm so sorry Maxie, I screwed everything up."I clenched and unclenched my fingers, not really focusing on anything. There was still music coming through the wall and I whispered along with words that had. Clete had showered at the Police Station after theend of his shift. He had left the Porsche in the employeeparking lot. With the city’s video surveillance equipmentmonitoring the lot, his car would be safer there. Clete hadwalked to her cottage. “Glad to see you.” She said with a smile. “I couldn’t wait to get back here.” He replied. She invited him to sit down on the sofa. As he did he noticedthat the springs on this sofa were seriously worn. The touchof the. I picked a bottle of red wine that I thought I recognized the label on the cork. It tasted great. I poured one for Jennifer, which she sipped as she steamed some broccoli and made a salad with hard rolls. Elegant food that tasted much better than what we had when we were in my tent. We sat at the eating booth in the RV and had the best dinner that I could remember. Of course, if you aren't starved and don't like medium rare sirloin, then, you'd have to imagine something else.After we cleaned up. Everyone started to laugh and giggle as they realized just how quickly and finally they had spoken. They did this without even having a discussion about it.Roberta stood up and calmly said that it was obvious that I was a natural leader, since everyone felt the same way without even having to discuss the matter. Again everyone agreed with her and made it clear that I had just been voted in as the leader unanimously! All I could do at that point was smile and say "Gee Thanks" everyone got a huge.