" Lara gave her a sympathetic smile. "No one ever said it would be easy." Ryan sipped at her coffee. No, no one said it would be easy, but just this o...nce, she wished it was. x-x-x-x Five days after he had suffered the concussion, Brody was at last feeling better. His headaches had abated and although he had occasional nausea and dizziness, those episodes were getting fewer and farther between. He hoped he would be cleared for light exercise soon, although the doctor was in no hurry. He, on the. We quickly became friends, andalmost immediately, I told her about my (as I was calling it then)problem. To my shock, not only was she not surprised, but she told methat she had previously dated a guy that was the same way. I asked herto marry me on the spot. She refused. She had to get to know me a bitfirst, she said.We were thick as thieves for months after that. We went shoppingtogether and bought new outfits. I would give her runway shows at herapartment. She would compliment me on my. When we arrived at the clearing that had been her previous home, I spotted the tears running down Jane's face. From what she had told me the children had been hers, and the man who had lain over her body was that of her husband. The house had burnt to the ground and there was no sign whatsoever of any bones. We did not dwell but proceeded on.Instead of turning east, we carried on southeast to a path I hadn't noticed the last time I was in this clearing and Jane wanted me to follow her in that. I wasn't sure if it would embarrass Kelli if she became aware of my erection, but I knew it would embarrass me if she became aware. Fortunately for my modesty, at that moment the boat engines revved for a second and then dropped down to idle."We must have made it to the main part of the lake," I guessed. I watched the ski boat slowly come closer as it continued to coast towards us on its own momentum, but it slowed to a stop still some ways behind us. There was a drag line in the water behind.