I would have, but I knew you probably wouldn’t. I’ve been waiting two years to see you and tell you.”“I don’t even know what to say,” I sa...d.“Is it a nice, pleasant surprise?” she asked tentatively.I thought about it. It was certainly a surprise, though in hindsight it probably should have been obvious from how she behaved that day and her letters to me. I had read them as if she were a friend and I was sure that if I went back and read them again, I’d see things I’d completely missed before.. I had driven by it several times while living in North Carolina a few years back. “It might be fun to drive by there,” I thought. “Maybe I’ll get a free exercise bike out of it.” I was seriously impressed that this author wrote a multi-chapter story to get rid of what was probably a crappy old exercise bike in his garage.“Ring!” My thoughts were interrupted by my morning wake-up alarm. I glanced around the edges of the black-out curtains in my messy office. Sure enough, a sliver of sunlight was. Air Force for the summer term. What made it even better was the fact that he would be fine tuning his own new radar invention during that internship.Stephen Scott had a secret, however. Her name was Alexandra.Alex was not a bad secret; just a secret. Oh, everyone knew about his sister. Those close to them knew they were probably twins, since they were apparently the same age and had the same birthday. Apparently, everyone said, because no one knew for sure; Stephen and Alex were adopted.No one. Kita and I had a lovely trip. She was thrilled when I let her take the reins and drive, even though she didn't do anything except let Jingo follow the crowd. She was also very curious about our rifles and after I explained they weren't really magic she wanted to know exactly how they worked. She was fascinated when I explained the difference between bullets and cartridges to her and she begged me to show her the powder soon.There was something I dreaded coming up when we made it home though,.