I told him we would meet for an hour to an hour and a half one day a week after school providing we could get permission to gather within the school b...ilding. I also asked if he would help with recruiting the younger ones and anyone in our year and above who might benefit from being part of the group. He said he was not ready to make any commitment at this stage but he would think about it and let us know.Later on in that week he joined us at our lunch table and while he was there, Penny. From his boyish grin, she realised he took her silence as the latter. Harriet was instantly broken from her trance, and appeared rather annoyed that this man had the impertinence to speak to her. She snapped her purse shut with a click, looking down her daintily upturned nose at the male perfection before her. ‘Excuse me.’ she replied curtly avoiding his devastating gaze by stepping abruptly to the side and beginning to totter down the street once more. Lucinda hurried after her, shooting the. ..there must be something we can do to cool off a little, he thought. Suddenly, she caught his eye and grabbed up his truck keys. "Lets go for a ride and crank up the air," she yelled a little mischievously. She tossed him the keys as he opened her door, watching her pull her long legs into the truck. He ran to the other side and opened the door, climbed up and started the engine while she turned the AC up full blast. At first it just blew hot air so they both rolled down their windows, but by. There had been no conflict; it was as if their union had simply run out of gas. Everett's career had followed a similar path. He had advanced to a middle management job in his mid 30s, and stayed there for the next 25 years. Once, at a party, he was asked what he did for a living. "I shuffle papers," he said with a sly grin. The person he was talking to laughed; so did Everett, on the outside. Had it really been 54 years? Where had the time gone? Had he made the right choice? He would always.