I swept the deck and filled the bird feeders. I took a quick shower to rinse off, then ate dinner with the family.After dinner, I called Melanie becau...e I needed to talk to her. She asked if it was OK to come over rather than talk on the phone, and I agreed. I called Anna to confirm for Monday. Her sister would pick me up from work and bring me to their house, and we could decide what to do from there. They’d get me home before curfew.When Melanie arrived, we went to the deck to talk.“What have. ’ ‘What a wonderful age,’ the woman said, ‘Well, I work on a personal basis. Right now, you’re in luck. I have a free schedule from now until October.’ ‘Really?’ Ellen paused, and then, ‘Why such a long break?’ ‘As I said, I work exclusively with only the people I want to,’ Megan explained, sensing Ellen’s concern, ‘My current clients just left the country for a very long vacation. They took the baby with them.’ ‘Oh, I see,’ Ellen smiled. She worked personally for people who took long vacations. I move along to the livingroom and while I vacuum to the music I become oblivious to the worldaround me. I turn to get to the rest of the room and I see somethingthat makes my stomach drop. There is a man standing right up at mywindow holding what I realize is a camera phone. After the initial shockI realize who it is. It's my immediate supervisor from work. As helowers the camera-phone with this huge smile on his face he says "GotYa". I don't remember if I screamed inside or I actually made. I quickly made up an excuse and ended the conversation. I sat there stunned. I had no idea what to do. I thought about going over to Beth’s and confronting her, telling her how much I loved her and asking her to be with me. But the more I thought about it, I was sure that was so unfair to Beth. If she had indeed met someone else, what a terrible position I would put her in. No matter how much it hurt, I had to back off. I decided to take a shower and go to bed. I really did not feel well.I.