“Like them, huh?”She just grinned back.Outside, they stopped while they pulled their hiking poles from their packs and set them to the proper leng...h. They had tried the lighter, carbon fiber poles, and true, the lighter poles required less energy to move thousands of times as you walked throughout the day, but they had both snapped a carbon fiber pole on the same rough hike. They had never broken an aluminum pole, and they certainly didn’t want to risk snapping a pole in half while trying to. “Of course,” I responded, taking the envelope. --- I walked up the gravel path to the Bramm’s house. It was a beautiful two-storey brick construction with a red slate roof, Greek columns supporting the porch and arched windows on both floors. It was evident from the house and grounds that Mr. Bramm was making a lot of money. I remembered my mother once telling my father that he was a lawyer and she was a stay-at-home mom. During my trip, I was questioning myself about how I would handle the. She flipped down hervisor and checked her make-up in an attached mirror, while he stoodawkwardly outside. A man heading for his own car noticed him and lookedin his direction just a bit too long for Jay's comfort. At last Astridopened his side and he got in. She put on her seat belt and he fastenedhis. Without a word she pulled out and headed away from the shoppingmall.He realized he didn't know where he was being taken or how he would getback to his car. A feeling of weightless. Right now this is the only way I see of making things work for me.”I knew I was making the right decision. It wasn’t like it would last forever. And, let’s be frank, it’s not like I was marrying the guy, or that I’m still a virgin. Hell, I might even enjoy it.Monday morning, I was nervous but I knew what I had to do. I put on a short, low-cut sun dress, a pair of heels, and a little more makeup than usual. Brushing out my long brown hair, I took a double take and liked what I saw in the mirror..