The Best Laid Plans
“She was wearing jeans, sneakers and a black sweater with a jade-green duffle coat. Her hair whipped around her face in the breeze as he got out of the car to open the passenger door for her.
“I wasn’t sure what to get, but I figured that anything that runs on batteries and makes lots of noise is good, right?” she asked, and he saw she was carrying a gift.“You didn’t have to do that.”“A kid only turns nine once.”She was much shorter without her heels and he found himself looking at the crown of ...her head as she slid into his car. Amazing that so much grit could be contained in such a small package.He’d always known Alex was a strong person. But hearing her story last night, he’d been quietly blown away by what she’d endured. She was a survivor, there was no doubt about it. A tough cookie.It explained a lot, that childhood of hers. The way she’d fought to hold in her tears that night on the racquetball court. The way she was always so quick to assure him that she didn’t need his help and so slow to confide.MoreLess
“I wasn’t sure what to get, but I figured that anything that runs on batteries and makes lots of noise is good, right?” she asked, and he saw she was carrying a gift.“You didn’t have to do that.”“A kid only turns nine once.”She was much shorter without her heels and he found himself looking at the crown of ...her head as she slid into his car. Amazing that so much grit could be contained in such a small package.He’d always known Alex was a strong person. But hearing her story last night, he’d been quietly blown away by what she’d endured. She was a survivor, there was no doubt about it. A tough cookie.It explained a lot, that childhood of hers. The way she’d fought to hold in her tears that night on the racquetball court. The way she was always so quick to assure him that she didn’t need his help and so slow to confide.MoreLess
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