I had met Roland, back in Oregon, and I liked him. He was a subdued, pleasant, gentlemanly fellow, and it was clear that Kim adored him. They made a c...te couple. They were about the same height, and while Kim might be slightly above-average height for a woman, Roland was a tiny miniature-sized man. Oh, he was probably 5' 7" or so, and nicely put-together, like a long-distance runner, perhaps. But he was smallish, so that he and Kim created a "wedding cake" sort of image, when together.I. Why don’t you take off til Easter Monday? Back here bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on the 14th?”That’d be great! I’ll visit my parents.”Despite the fact that I’d purchased a (nearly) new car, I had been depositing a part of my salary into a savings account. So paying for flights to Roma via Brisbane and return was no pain. I also bought gifts for mom (from the Easter bilby [In 1968, the Easter Bilby concept was introduced for the very first time by a 9-year-old girl named Rose-Marie Dusting. Her. That would be devastating.But I gathered up my thoughts and figured, "If nothing happened, at least I would know."As I walked in, I showed the doorman my ID and noticed my hand was shaking.I went straight to the bar and ordered a beer to calm my nerves.About a half hour went by as I sat watching people dance, talk, laugh and have fun. I stared at my drink occasionally and tried to figure out whether I should go.Suddenly a guy about my age walked over to me and introduced himself. He said his. "That's the menu option to run that report." He pointed to the screen.She selected the option without thinking, and got a little prompt screen to ask her what month to run the report for. Lydia filled in the blanks and was about to start the program running, when a little warning bell went off in her head. Tom was standing next to her, not saying anything, his face expressionless (Poppa would have loved playing poker with him!). She suddenly backed off. She was doing something wrong! She had to.