’ With a tear in her eye, she added, ‘Damn it all – it was so quick. He was there one day and then … gone. I never got to say goodbye to him. ... took over the business – I had been doing the paperwork anyway – and I still run it. ‘I’ve taken it pretty hard. That was five years ago and it’s just been the last couple of months that I’ve started going out. So far it’s only been with my best friend from high school – you remember Julie Garner, don’t you?’ At my nod she went on, ‘I haven’t actually. She looked at me and watched as I took the bottle of vodka and placed on the table. She took a deep breath and nodded at me.I walked over to the kitchen and opened the fridge to find a bottle of cranberry juice. I then filled 2 glasses with ice, cranberry juice and a nice amount of vodka. I went back to the living room and handed one glass to Ella.She drank half of the glass in one sip and made a face at the taste of the alcohol.I sat down next to her with my drink and we kept on talking and. Beavertail, and was surprised to find out that the doctorwas a lady. She went over my medical records and test results from my firstvisit. She asked me a few more questions about my health and proclaimed I wasa healthy female that needed to learn to let my hair down. She then scheduledme for another appointment the next day to go over the paperwork I did today. I returned the next day and was promptly shown into the doctor's office.I was left in there for about 30 min and looked at her. "And you're fucking beautiful." ***"We should come out to shows like this more often. That was cool, Anniewas one tough girl." I hear they're gonna do Wicked next year." Wicked?" It's about the Wicked Witch of the West." Oooh! I love Wizard of Oz." Well, darlin'." Steve offered his arm and led Beth back to his car. "Weshould get a move on. Got the bakery in the morning?" Oh, no. Tim says we're closed till tomorrow night. It's gonna be acrazy month, we have cakes and bread and..." I know." Tim's.