I can't lie to you. No. It's fun for me, too." That made her face light up. "But..."She pushed her chair back with her legs and rose to her feet. She ...ame around the table and stuck the syrupy treat in my face. "Are you still wondering what it would be like, and do you still think you would enjoy it?"I sighed. "Life would be much easier if I could lie to you."Her voice was soft. "I'd be disappointed in you if you did." She was being openly honest, and, in all honesty, I agreed with her. I'd be. He's a coward and a bully. That's all I know about him," I said. "I want to press charges."He shrugged and said, "All right. Will his step-daughter press charges?" She says no," I said and then listed the reasons Marlene had given me to explain her refusal to charge him with assault. "You asked me if I knew Tremont as if I should. Why should I know him?" Do you live in Sedona?" he asked."I do." You don't keep up with local politics, do you?" I don't," I said."Mr. Tremont is on the City. After I had done the dishes, as we were about to leave the phone rang so I put Ella on the floor and answered it. It was my Dad.‘Hi Dad.’ ‘Hello Andrew, is everything ok?’ ‘Yes, it’s fine Dad, don’t worry, I haven’t broken anything or burnt the house down.’ ‘Good good, I’m sure you can cope, did you pick that lovely girl Ella up from the airport on time?’ ‘Yes Dad, she’s here now, it is still ok for her to stay isn’t it?’ ‘Of course it is, how is she, how was her trip?’ ‘Erm, well not very good. He even asked about her, but it was hard when all you could say is, ‘she’s a gorgeous blond wearing a white tennis skirt’. All the women in the club pretty much looked like that. Weeks turned into months and he had almost given up hope when, once again, he saw her sitting at the same table he had first seen her so many months ago. He didn’t hesitate and immediately ran over to her to talk to her. After that first initial meeting he knew she was the one. She had been the first one to finally.