" I know, Carmen, he was killed. Please let me help you help the kids. If you feel I'm interfering in your life, just tell me and I'll pull back." Why...are you doing this? Don't you have family you can help out instead of a stranger?" Listen, my wife passed away two years ago. She was killed in a car accident." God, I'm so sorry for you." It's okay, Carmen. Anyway, my holidays have been pretty lousy and I wanted to try helping someone else be happy this year. I have three grown children. My. This story takes place in the fictional town of Chrystal Heights. This is not significant in any way other than I hope to continue creating stories involving this town. The people and events in this story are fictional and do not represent anyone or anything from real life. Synopsis: A junior marketing executive accompanies her senior executive peers on a tour of a potential client. * We walked up the steps and watched the doors slide open. As the junior member of the team, I let Jeff, the. "Come on in, Luke," I said calling out to him hoping to get him in one of his better moods. "The water is just perfect." Luke jumped into the pool. "I'm glad to see you finally out of the house and enjoying the summer. I'm sorry about the break up." Well, at least I had a girlfriend," he shot back. "You've never even kissed a girl." I have too!" I lied to him."Oh, yeah, like who?" Luke asked with a smug look on his face."Well ..." I said fumbling for a name. Luke laughed at my uneasiness.. How they had been riding all day and he was worn out. Aunt Mary hadn't done much riding before that and was pretty stiff and bruised from sitting in a saddle all day. Well, one time after that a neighbor woman - there were neighbors here then - was over and we were all sitting in the dining room having lunch. She asked about the photo and since I, as an eight year old, was proud to know about something that an adult didn't, explained. Oh course the way I told it was: 'That's Aunt Mary and Uncle.