When she picked up the phone I started going a mile a minute. She agreed to come over after Mass tomorrow but I'd be surprised if she really understoo...d what I'd told her. I turned on the TV just to get the subject off my mind.Lucie showed up at the door at eleven wearing her Sunday best. "You didn't change." I remarked as I let her in."You said we were going to a photography studio and we might have our pictures taken" my friend defended. 'Yeah but your clothes probably won't be in the picture'. ." Janet cooed, and then slowly sauntered out the door. Mitch slammed the door shut with his foot. When he looked into the living room at Tory, his heart shattered just as the vase had done.He slowly approached Tory as she was cowering in the farthest chair from the debris."I don't know how she got in, Tory, I swear. Talk to me, baby. Please," Mitch pleaded softly, as he knelt down beside her. Tory didn't look at him, but kept her eyes trained on the mess."I-I-I should clean up the mess before. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child came pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.Her little voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in, 'Mom let's run through the rain, 'She said.'What?' Mom asked.'Let's run through the rain!' She repeated.'No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit, ' Mom replied.This young child waited a minute and repeated: 'Mom, let's run through the rain... ''We'll get soaked if we do, ' Mom said.'No,. She squeezed my hand again and drifted off to sleep. --Another boring day of lectures. If there was anything good to say, it would be that it was Friday and this was my last class of the week. I kept looking at my phone to pass the time, partly to see if class was almost over, partly to see if I missed any texts from Elise. I was disappointed on both accounts.There was about an hour left in the school day when I heard my phone beep softly.Looking down, expecting a text from Elise, I was.