" How soon can they do it?" How does day after tomorrow sound?" Splendid." Ok, see you then. Bye." Bye and thank you again."Two days later Cathy, Sall... and I were at Tracy and Alex's house helping them and Elizabeth fill some boxes with their personal effects and loaded them into my Escalade. While we were busy doing all of that, Sally was entertaining the baby. She still had that 'I want one of these' looks on her face but was well aware that the time was not right. The moving company showed. I was nearly trapped when it fell on top of me!”Only Kate can make jokes about her size, and they’re rare.“You can buy it ready-peeled and cubed,” I said. It smelled good, I had to give her that.“I KNOW THAT NOW, YES. But I’d already bought the damned thing, hadn’t I? Oh and there’s Italian spiced meatballs, because this turned out to be rabbit food.”Kate is not a fan of vegetarian dishes. ‘It’s not a meal unless something has died’ is one of her hallmark quotations.“It looks amazing, dear,”. Mr. Bender was in some kind of accident and has been laid up for the last month. His son came in from out of state to substitute. Rumor is he did it at no charge, for the experience. Anyhow, us girls decided the first one of us who experienced him would be the winner."I didn't ask the prize. "So I take it you worked your charms on him. Congrats, I think." Yeah, well, who knew?"I yearned for the details. "Care to be more explicit?" After all, she'd been intimate with this substitute teacher/son. I couldn’t fathom his interest in me. I finished my dinner. Took my cookie to bed and watched TV until I fell asleep. I woke up the next morning in a great mood. I took a long refreshing shower, had coffee, and started thinking about Lance again. I couldn’t stop thinking about him.Whatever it was; I felt something between us. I was feeling better and more alive than I had in years. The sun was shining and the beach was calling my name. I was walking through the hotel towards the beach.