The first time it happened as I walked down an airplane exit ramp. I looked at her just as she looked at me, and we knew. That look turned into lunch,...and in the end, Kelly and I were together four unforgettable years. Because of her I was a different and better person, but unimaginable circumstances tore us apart. On New Years Eve seven years ago my plane crashed at sea, and I was presumed dead. But, I didn’t die, and when I returned it was to a world that had moved on without me. I too had. After a year of once a week college and doing minor rewires and lighting faults in empty properties, the site manager thought enough of my work to have me doing basic tasks without my mentor. He gave me a small van and a PDA and I was finally given free reign on my day. Now no disrespect but the office workers who get all the faults from tenants are idiots. They would receive a call from a little old lady who said that her lights aren’t working, would assume that there is some major error with. Page gives the girl a curt nod. “Run.”They leap from the tree, page in the lead, pulling Lisa behind her. They run in the opposite direction of the sound, not once looking back. Rocks and fallen logs bite at their naked feet. Branches and vinery whip at their exposed skin. They persevere, running like their lives depend on it, and they do. They run until their breathing becomes labored and then they run some more. Eventually they break the tree line into an open field. Their hearts racing, hope. Other times she wondered if he was whistling in the dark. Helen, pregnant with George, Jr., kept the books while he supervised the jobs. It was hard work and success was often in doubt. The big break came when the government built the Interstate System. There was work for all. By the time the building boom was over, George’s company was the best in the state and won contracts with ease. He repaid his parents and father-in-law. He intended to repay them with interest, but they refused all but.