His hair was light brown and streaked with highlights from the sun. Taller than me and with a much toner physique, the girls found him most appealing,... though these details hadn't really made much impression on me until later. He was in my physics class and always greeted me before the teacher arrived. Since he greeted everyone I didn't think anything about it other than to secretly wish I could be as social as he was. Then one day he asked me if I liked to run. I told him I did, though this. . I'm here because I met a woman named Jessica tonight. She says she loves me ... I'm here because I want to know her better ... because I may love her too. I'm also here because of you ... you know that don't you?"Without a word she moved into my arms and hugged me tightly.We stood together like that for a long time. Finally she looked up and said,"I'm so happy to see you. I've missed you."Carolyn finally stepped back. "I need to talk to you about Jessica." Okay." Matt, I know she loves you. "What kind of movies do you want to do?" Jackie asked.Jake shrugged. "I'm not sure yet. I am leaning more towards documentaries though. I think they are so interesting."Jackie's eyes lit up. "I love documentaries!" Yeah me too. If documentaries don't work for me, then I'd like to do independent films." No pornos though huh?" Jackie blurted and realized she found herself turning red.Jake raised a brow. "Uh... no! You dirty minded girl."Jackie giggled. "Sorry. I just had to say that." I've missed. Their marriage suffered from too much tension to survive after that. They divorced. She decided to call her child "Mmmanda!" and build a business that would distract her from the pain.John and Manda married the next year. He knew there was a lot of pragmatism in the decision. For him, certainly, and for Christopher, too — the boy took to Manda like a duck to water. And she could not have been a more loving mother if the boy had been hers. The marriage solved many problems. But John also knew.