Once the door closed I broke out in tears. Nothing was ever going to be right again for me. Married my friend was married my North Star was taken. I f...und my way to my door unlocking it I got inside before I heard the scream that came out in such pain. So now what? This changed everything I was so bewildered by this confession. How? When? Why? Thomas simply hid this side of him. My mind was speeding from one thought to the next without staying put long enough for me to digest any of it.. . I don’t ever remember her at any of the high school dances and things. Anyway, Jeannie Lo was really pretty and a very nice person too. So ... I guess I’m trying to say it doesn’t matter that you’re Chinese. I like you just the way you are.”She laughed. “That’s was awkward for you, wasn’t it?”He flushed red in embarrassment. “Yeah ... sorry. I was really just trying to say that I like you.”She smiled and moved in to kiss him once more. “And I like you, round eyes and all. You’ll notice that. Of course, I will marry you. You are the love of my life. How could I not want to spend the rest of it with someone who does finally bring joy and happiness to me.”The whole table is speechless for a minute as Patti’s three children look on, seeing their mother finally genuinely happy and filled with love, something that has been missing for so long in her life. The spell broken, they all jump up, hugging and kissing their mother. Then George, followed by each other, and all gathered at the. ”She and Asim took off and quickly ran out of sight.“You do know that they are both pretty much skin and bones, right? Ellen only has boobs because my mom told the cook to fatten Ellen up a bit. I expect them to lap us a few times before you three decide you are over running for today,” I told them.All three women tried to convince their bodies to run another two-and-a-half-mile loop, but they didn’t have it in them.As they walked to cool down, I felt, more than saw, Asim and Ellen running flat.