30pm the Head Chef said "Andy on you go and enjoy the party", so I went and got washed and dressed and went through the kitchen before going. The most... of the staff said "You look great, enjoy". So I drove to the community hall and walked in to be greeted by Janice and then Lisa who took me over to where Lisa's mum was sitting with her 6 sisters one of whom was the Birthday girl. Suddenly I got a tap on the shoulder to discover some of the regulars from the hotel who were also related to Lisa. Mallory cringed each time her foot fell, fearing those lonely, haunting echoes might catch the ear of someone she knew.She was almost to the gate when the door of Mrs. Hopkins apartment came into view. Knowing the old widow inside, Mallory hesitated.‘Please god, don’t let her see me,’ she silently pleaded as she slowly tip-toed her way past the old women's door.Carefully keeping her steps light, she feared at any moment the old woman would peer through the ancient drapes hanging in her darkened. I started to notice it in grade school. Guys would offer to provide all kinds of services to me just for the favor of my time. They would carry my books, do my homework and offer to beat each other up, though how that was supposed to be of any value to me I never quite understood. As I moved up to middle school and high school, I was more revered than our star power forward. I was prom queen not only for the junior and senior proms, but the write-in vote picked me senior prom queen when I was a. He couldn't come to the wedding and our paths hadn't crossed very much over the years. But we kept in touch.Terry did a hitch as a military policeman, and then in criminal investigations before he got out and went into law enforcement. Now, after a few stop in other cities, he was a Deputy Division Commander down on the Endicott City Police Department. I did have his office and home numbers, but I didn't like to intrude on him. We had gone in separate ways. Maybe once a month or so we might get.