" Alex?" Nope!" Lisa said, giggling. "Hint, muscular. Brown hair, blue eyes. Gorgeous dimples."Michael felt like blushing hearing Lisa describe himsel...f to Tracy on the other end."Mike?" she said."Bingo!"Twenty seconds later, the door flung opened as Tracy was trying to compose herself, and catch her breath."Mike!" she exclaimed. "So good to see you! Come on back' she motioned for him to follow.They walked back to her area on the far side of the office. It had black wooden tables with. The Arizona desert was cold and scary with a moon that hinted at more trouble on the horizon. If I had one of my guns with me, I would have put a round right through the block in final salute as if the battered truck were a beloved mount on its last legs and in terrible pain. I just played the radio non-stop knowing that I was draining the last breath out of the battery of my faithful truck.In the rearview mirror, I saw a glow of headlights approaching from behind me and I figured it might be. She was average height for a girl, maybe 5’5, with golden wavy hair. She was wearing jeans and a tight sweater. Unlike the girls in New York she seemed friendly and happy. She actually smiled when she talked, Daniel noticed. She didn’t keep checking her text messages and pretending like she had somewhere better to be. ‘It was really nice to meet you Haley. I think I better head back to my mom’s house. She’s probably about to go to sleep and I need to make sure she takes her medication.’ ‘Oh. “I took Robert’s advice and am using intervals to get back to where I can run again. It still aches if I push it too hard, but I am pleased with the progress. I am planning on hiking the Pas du Riot the month after next if everything goes well.” Lana told him.“That’s a beautiful mountain trail, you’ll enjoy it.” Denise told her.“You have been there before?”“I have. I took two weeks leave and hiked the whole thing. It was the best thing I could have done to unwind and relax mentally.” Denise.