The light changes and we move on. My office is to the left but I don’t care. I reach into my pocket and turn off my phone. I slowly cross the street...to give her time to get ahead of me a bit. I don’t know what I’m doing … suddenly … it hits me … am I stalking her? That pulls me up short. I move off to the side for a second and, just like that, she’s gone and I lose sight of her. I notice how heavy I’m breathing.I compose myself and spot a coffee shop a few doors down. “Some coffee sounds good. She was dressed quite casually in jeans and abutton up blouse. Very pretty though, her long auburn hair in a ponytail hanging over her shoulder."Nice to meet you Debbie," I said."You too Sophie, you look lovely, I feel a little under dressed nowthough" she joked."Well I feel a little over dressed so we can both feel a littleuncomfortable," I joked back."Yeah Soph, what's with the dress and heels to come to Mum and Dad's?"interjected Danny, my other brother and the middle sibling of the threeof. You’re going to rely on the books tonight. You also have the key to my office, Lisa. Use my resources. I have every product line manual known to God in here.”“Okay,” she said, breathing shakily.“Prove to me that you can do this.”“I can,” Lisa said, surprising me.“That’s what I like to hear.”Addie looked smug. Whatever.“I’m going,” I said, grabbing my bag, laptop case, coat, and umbrella. I ushered her out of my office and locked it up behind me.Heads turned as I left the Floor, visible relief. Farther away, Tiffany and Henry were throwing a Frisbee around. "Hi, stranger," Jackie said. "Been wondering when you'd find your way out here again." We've been busy," Josh admitted, and went on, "We came out to see if we could get a look through the 14-inch." Got to get through with the dogs, first," Mark said. "It's going to take a little while. Mike just got started, and he hasn't had a chance to work with them for a while." Yeah," Kirsten said. "Between the sewer thing and little.