When the day was over, and the lights went off and he crawled into bed...well, that was the worse time of the day for John. It was then that each and... every night he was painfully reminded of just how lonely he was! He looked across his bed. There was no longer a wife to kiss goodnight or snuggle up to on a cold winters night. Even during the summer months, his wife liked to cuddle up next to him. She mentioned on several occasions that she loved having a husband and someone to cuddle up to. Running is of necessity a solitary sport, you can't really spare the breath for a conversation. Five miles wasn't far and didn't give me much trouble. Bob held me back to the very last group he sent out. It didn't matter to me; I just assumed he had a reason.The reason was pretty simple, and made sense. By holding me back to the last group I didn't need to manufacture a reason to wait to talk to Bob alone. I finished my run and began some stretching to cool down while the last runners came in.. "Allison looked at Scott in awe that he remembered the whole night as if he wrote it down and studied it for a month so he knew it to the "T", and said very good honey I am very proud of you that you remember it that well."Scott looked at his watch and exclaimed "holy fucking shit they are going to be here in a half-hour and we aren't even dressed yet."So they hurried up and threw some nice clothes on and went out to the kitchen and checked on the filled shells that were going to be for dinner.. This is going to be hard. He's so embarrassed, she thought.Gail entered the house and placed her hands on Jimmy's shoulders after closing the door. She felt him flinch so she turned him around slowly. Holding him at arm's length she waited, but he kept his face covered. As gently as she could, Gail pulled his hands down."Oh my god! What happened?!" she cried out, stepping back."I fell."Gail stared in disbelief. He had a black left eye and a cut on his puffy lower lip."You don't have to be.