‘ ‘But nothing, they could have had a gun or knives. Your daughter is safe, that’s what should be important, not your ego.’ Don drove for sev...eral minutes quietly contemplating her words. He could find no fault, she was absolutely right, there was no question Grace’s safety was everything. Finally after a few miles he spoke up. ‘You’re right, thank you.’ Anne just nodded acceptance of his answer but she wanted to add one more point. ‘Don I want you to know, there is still a lot of things about. I asked, "Dad, I have a couple more things to do to get ready for camp tonight. Can I stay home?"He answered, "No Kyle. I want you to come along with the family."Mom added, "You need to go. After we get ice cream, we are going to the mall. You are going to need new shoes for school in the fall."I protested, "I have only been out of school one week. I will be home for a month before school starts. I don't need new shoes now!"Dad pressed, "What's so important that you can't go out with the. Why is this gorgeous babe staring me down? What kind of connection was I making here? She then gave me the finger gesture that asked me to come over. I looked around just to make sure she wasn’t looking at anyone else. Nope. No one was around. So I got up and headed over. Once I was right in front of her with my feet in the water, I said hello. Even her smell was incredible. She had this fresh scent on her as if she walked out of a million-dollar home. “Do you know a good bar around here?” she. He pulled up behind, switched off his engine and opened the door to exit his air-conditioned vehicle. The heat was immediate, blast furnace hot, and sweat began to form on his tanned brow. The lens of his sun glasses misted over and a wet spot quickly developed on the chest of his sports shirt. Ray sauntered towards the white vehicle. In this heat, sauntering was fast. He stopped at the side of the driver’s door and removed his misted-up glasses. He used a forearm to again wipe away sweat on.