We apparently had some servicemen here earlier on today checking the cameras out so I didn’t think it necessary to go to the office to check the tap...es to see if they were working okay, I just took the word of the guy on duty before me that it was okay.’ He shoved the service log over the desk to Ruiz. ‘See, here is the service report and the signature of the duty guard. That tells me that the system was working when the serviceman left. We run regular checks but haven’t checked it since it was. A few minutes passed, then Ben’s text alert sounded. He pulled his phone from his pocket and read the message. ‘Hollie says they’re parking now. So, it shouldn’t be long. ‘ Moments later, Liz’s alert sounded too, and she fished it out, this time from a more accessible pocket. She read the message a couple of times with a confused look on her face. ‘What’s the matter, hun?’ Tammy asked. Liz responded by handing her the phone. Tammy read the message, which was from Todd, aloud. ‘Whatever happens,. “Why?”“Because it did mean something! It meant something to me! And I told Valerie about that, hoping she’d understand how idiotic it was of her to push us together.”I could see the pain in her eyes. I had said it meant nothing. I was just one more man who didn’t respect her ... who had used her ... who didn’t care about her.I happened to have my legs on, so I got up and went to her. I wanted to kneel, but I hadn’t worked on doing that, and it’s really hard to put one knee on the ground when. It would be fun to have her come back tonight though, and I was sure she was k**ding about my uncle ... just pulling my chain.Anyway, we sat on the couch with our booty of snacks spread out on the coffee table. We watched a chick-flick which was okay, and then moved on to a comedy. It was not all that funny, but by then we were both in a strange mood; laughing at everything throwing popcorn and pretzels at the screen, and at each other and giggling our little faces off.This was shaping up to be.