Regardless, it had just gotten dark and no one was outside. Iput the key into the lock and went in. Turning on the light, I was surprisedand very happ...y that someone had left a minibar size bottle of wine on thetable. I don't know who arranged that, but I was definitely in the mood todrink. I opened the wine and poured it all into a plastic cup. As I hadn'teaten all day, I was very hungry. I then opened up the package Brenda leftfor me and it was a very large salad with a small packet of. They all knew Bob.The entire ordeal went very uneventfully with the exception that about noon that day Tara gave birth to Amanda Jayne, and just to keep things exciting Marie went into labor about an hour after Amanda was born and about 11:15pm Kylie Sue was born, so we had two little girls with different mom's born the same day.That would make for some interesting explanations at some point in time. I phoned up to the house to let Dee and Lisa know what was happening, and early the next. " Get some more tea," I said shortly, "Then come and sit down. We need to talk."She did and sat down at the table. "Kevin, what's the matter?" she asked. "Is there a problem?" Yes," I said solemnly, "Nicola, we've lived together for two months, and I'm sorry, I've realised that I can't go on like this." I don't understand," she was getting upset."It's been very nice, Nicola," I said with a frown, "but I'm afraid it's just not been enough for me." But we've been so happy together?" Tears were. I just didn't jump.Eventually, however, my limited roll wasn't enough... it became unfulfilling.Without his knowledge, I began to train in ernest with a friend of his... someone who would keep my confidence if I failed to follow thru actually jumping from a plane. I didn't want him to know I tried if I couldn't actually go thru with it.The day came... my first jump... I didn't sleep a wink the night before. Morning came, I decided I couldn't do it. To be fair to my instructor friend, I drove to.
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