I pulled it to me realizing that it was a small photo album. Strange! It should have been with the other albums on a lower shelf of the bookcase in Da...'s den.Using a paper towel I wiped the dust off of the red leather album. I couldn't remember ever seeing this particular album, but a slight shudder swept my body as I had an inkling of what it held.I sat on a spot clear of the stacked clothes on my father's queen sized bed, the album balanced precariously on my jean covered lap. I slowly opened. He set his bag down and flinched at the click of its brad feet on the hardwood floor. Dean’s imagination was under control– there were a lot of reasonable explanations for what he had just seen. Still, he was not prepared for what he found in the parlor. Val and Deborah were there, and so was Cheryl, the young woman who had so convincingly played the part of lover with Tony during Dean’s walk in the park with Laetitia. His two friends looked up at him, but said nothing. Cheryl did not notice. Each new question out of her mouth shocked me even more, but I stuck in there and answered them. We talked for a long time and later when we were about to conclude, she told me she’d visit me at work while she was in summer school teaching. During my work week, she did visit me. She came to my job and I gave her a kiss on the cheek and a little hug. She asked me to come to school after work – to her classroom. The high school was very large and the rooms were mostly secluded after the. "He burst into laughter of his own, and pulled another application from the desk. As I filled it out, I remembered that that was the only part of my last meeting with Andy that had gone well. Her eyes had lingered on my chest. It was just for a moment, but it was clearly a moment longer than necessary. She wanted me to be the geeky girl from high school again, not the tall, well-proportioned woman standing before her. A month later, I had heard from the grapevine that was still active back.