I brought my face closer to her and kissed her. With that, my floodgates were open and tears began to flow down my cheeks. Looking at the tears in my ...eyes, she began to weep too.“Look… you made me cry… ” Bella spoke, controlling her sobs and wiping her tears.“Bels, I want you to know… that I love you and I always will. I was lucky enough to find a person like you in my life,” I said.“Why do you love me so much, Noel? You knew that I was a slut in my past and yet you remained a friend to me.”I. We strolled to the edge of the gorge, which drops seven hundred meters to the flowing river below. I stood with an arm around each of my girls for a long while, just admiring the view. The water is the most amazing green color. Back in the car we drove a ways to a spot where a steel climb down, then down then down again, brings to the water's edge. There is a gorgeous trail along the water, which Mari told us changes with almost every rainy season.We rounded a corner and came upon a small. At least then my dad could have seen me play.It occurred to me that I could invite my folks to come see me play in Baltimore. The idea had come to me a little late, since my days of knowing, in advance, when I'd be called upon to pitch were rapidly coming to an end. My scheduled start, two days hence, against the Marlins was very likely going to be my last appearance as a starter for some time.So Game One in Atlanta was a laugher for the locals, and I went back, alone, to my childhood home for. He reached under his bed and brought out the presents. He set them under the tree that the trio had decorated. It had already fallen over twice, but that hadn’t caused any damage to the decor. They had been surprised to learn that he didn’t have Christmas bulbs for the tree and had settled for popcorn strung on thread. They would put it outside after Christmas for the birds to eat.He went back and got out the three stockings that he had bought. He hung them over the fireplace and filled them.