The pain in my knee is nothing compared to the joy that I feel in my heart.“What did the doctor say about your knee?”“He wants me to exercise ev...ryday, and I should be able to walk further and further. I’ll be alright as long as I don’t run any marathons.”“Cassie is so lucky. I can’t wait to see the baby, and I can’t wait to feel your baby growing inside me. Do you think that I’ll make a good mom?”“I know you will. You’re going to be a great mom, and you have a loving family who is ready to. I mean, there's the nature preserve on the one side of us, and there were a couple of houses down the other direction, and not a lot else, so I bought cheap. Well, since then, real estate down here has gone nuts. The couple of houses to the one side of us got bought up long ago, and there's that big row of luxury condos there now. A few years ago, we had an offer of over a million for the property as a tear down, so this guy could put in more condos and seal more beach off from outsiders. We. I heard you tell Bobby McIntyre the line was a real bitch to tie.”“You’ve got that right, but it’s stronger, for the size, than anything I’ve ever used before. KK, how about walking out to the Blazer and helping me bring my stuff inside.”“Sure,” she replies.While Kathleen and Ryan go out to his SUV to get his laptop, fishing rod, and other needed supplies Kyle starts making the initial cuts he wants. He’s deeply into it when his friends return.“What do you need me to do?” asks Kathleen.“Let me. Neither the contractor nor I made any records on it.In the third week I owned the house, I got a job hauling off some junk in the back of an old lady’s house. It was a half a day work, so I charged her one hundred dollars. Her husband had died leaving behind a yard filled with scrap metal. I moved the metal first to my place were I sorted it. I was able to save about a third of it, but I scrapped the other two thirds. When all was said and done, I cleared about a hundred bucks from her after.