She got a faraway look in her eyes for a moment before switching gears. “So, you seem pretty fit. What does an IT director need a personal trainer f...or?”Max opened his mouth before he realized he didn’t have a great answer. “I ... don’t want to get fat.”“So, you’re looking for a Jillian Michaels type to yell at you and keep you in line?” Chesa suggested.“God, no.” Max shook his head. “I can’t stand her.”“Just as well. My experience is that I work best with self-motivated people.” Chesa led him. “When I made that decision, my body woke up first, then my spirit woke up, and now…now I think my heart is waking up too.”Keith smiled. “Yes baby, I have seen that happen, step by step. I am most interested in the last part…your heart opening up. Sandy, do you think your heart has room for me? I would love to start to, well to get to know you beyond what we’ve had the last two days. I’d like to see if we could be more,” he said. “I just don’t know if I can open up that box in my heart. This is just a stop on my way to where ever I am going.’ After dinner I paid for her cake but she insisted on leaving the tip. She probably did pay her own way. I walked her to her car, then drove to the campground. I didn’t pitch a tent because I didn’t have a tent. I laid out the more or less waterproof canvas then a lightweight blanket over it. After I had rolled up in them I fell asleep. Sleeping in the cold camp was easy for me. I had slept in far worse places. I was outside Peggy Sue’s. She called in the FBI, making it a field day for them. This time the threat wasn’t local, not even to the state, but money-oriented folks from New Jersey this time. Freddy got a hell of a bonus after that, but had to promise not to quit and run off to Cabo before Shirley would give it to him. Instead, he put his daughter through a couple years of school. Shirley paid the rest later. I think she still works for the company, somewhere.What I never consciously realized before, say five or six.
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