.... " Jane grinned from ear to ear and said, "Do you really think I'm pretty,Grandpa? Honestly? You don't look so bad yourself Grandpa! You kno... Ilove you dearly!" "Oh, Jane, to me you are one of the prettiest girls on earth. And yourGrandpa will always love you, too! Don't ever forget it. I just hope Ididn't embarrass you with your friends and all......" Dan said earnestly. "Grandpa, you are the sweetest man I know! I'm happy you think I'mpretty. I was thinking that no man. She took off her backpack and gave the patient a kind smile. Lucia grinned back from her cot and said hello.“Sorry I took four days to get here,” saidFatima. “It’s great to see you sitting up though.”“Ah, you must beFatima. Husna has told me so much about you. I’m honored.”Fatimalaughed. “Hah!”“I gather Husna is sleeping?”Fatimanodded and sat down besides the cot, her eyes even without linking clearly showing her happiness over Lucia’s improving condition.Lucia grinned. “Well, I’ve had great. No pantied no bra and head back down stairs after checking on the kids. I give the downstairs a once over to make sure everything looked good. Wanted to impress this man with my housekeeping skills. Why? I am not sure but I had the urge to show him I am a good wife. "You almost here?" I asked with excitement I was trying to hide in my voice."Just got on the 15. Should be there in 5-10." Oh shit hun you are so much closer than I thought.'Standing in my kitchen I see him truck pass by the house. He looked at Cilla sitting alone in a slight slump, looking out to the distant brown hills. ‘We don’t tend to rush in the provinces, sir,’ chided the serving lady. In his mind Reece vaulted the counter, poured two brilliant coffees and vaulted back over the counter without spilling a drop, all in ten seconds flat and to the applause of those behind him in the queue. Cilla looked up adoringly at him. The woman gave him two overfilled coffees. Matt thrust a note at her and said, keep the change..