" I was speechless! Did she really want to go out with me or was she just being nice? Either way I had to go for it. I took her number and we went int...o class.By next week my project had been cancelled and I told her I guess I wasn't going to be in her town after all. I wasn't planning on making a 1-1/2 hour drive for a case of blue balls, so I said thanks anyway. She then knocked me out by saying, "well aren't you going to come down and visit me anyway?" Now I was really confused because there. Mae had been right -- it was just as I had left it, over a decade ago.I stepped across the hall and dropped Mae's bag in her room. "I always wondered," I said, "why I have this dinky twin bed that's little more than a cot while yours is full-sized." Aunt Dora told me that, when I came into the house she didn't have a bed for me. So, she bought one that she thought I could take with me when I moved out." Sort of part of a trousseau," I remarked."Sort of." Come here..." I gestured her into my. Since then he had led the police to hundreds of convictions bringing many criminals to justice, and ensuring that they were taken off of the streets.Those who worked with him admired his seemingly perfect intuition, and skilled investigations. He told the when and how allowing the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and the detectives on the police force to find the who and the why.It was distinction that Nathan was proud of and worked hard for. Some nights Alexandra would sit in his home alone. One Saturday afternoon the doorbell rang. I answered it and stared at the young woman wearing shorts and a maroon ASU tee-shirt."If the car's crowded, I have dibs on your lap," she said.Bewildered, I stared at her. She stared back, not saying anything. And then her face contorted before bursting into laughter. I still stared."Hi, Mr. Starr."The loveliness before me looked familiar. A former patient? And what was that remark about the car? My jaw dropped."Tara?"She smiled and nodded."Oh my god,.