” Her quizzical look made him explain, “It’s your shoes. I would offer to make the walk for anyone wearing high heels.”She didn’t know wheth...r she wanted to slap him or hug him. “Well then, would you mind carrying my laptop over on your way to open the garage?”He did as requested, while she waited at the car to hear her garage door next to his opening. She had a bag of groceries in each hand and passed him as he came back to the car from her garage. He took the last four bags over in one trip. She took a deep breath, knocked on the door and entered. Roger glanced up at her, gave a half-hearted smile, then again, dropped his eyes. Trish was disappointed by his response. Why would someone like him be interested in me? She thought as she walked to the computer and logged on. “Good afternoon Mr. Pearson, my name is Trish,” she said, using her most professional tone. “I’m going to go over your medical history and check your blood pressure before the doctor sees you.” “Sure, no problem,”. As she came down the path through the trodden weeds, I glanced both ways and saw only a deserted street with closed warehouses and garages. Sighting my oblivious target with a laser as she drew near the sidewalk, I popped a needle through the open window into her neck. She went straight down.Scooping her up, I threw her in the back seat and drove calmly away. The drop off point was about 40 minutes away and I matched the speed of the traffic on the Jersey highway. Pulling up to the garage, I. We left the house and biked to school; the weather was warm but not unpleasantly so, and we enjoyed the exercise.We locked up our bikes at the bike stand and made our way to Amber’s locker; CC was going to be meeting us there.“Hi, BOYFRIEND!” CC screeched as she rushed towards me when she saw us appear from around the corner; she was obviously excited to be able to call me that in public.“Ooof,” I grunted as she slammed into me and, in typical CC fashion, engulfed me in a breath-stealing bear.