In profile, he could see both the young woman she was becoming and the little girl he remembered.

“Men are like that sometimes - if they meet someone and fall in love, it's real,…”

“Mike, however, heard nothing at all. Lost in her breathlike touch, he knew only…”

“But more than that, he admired the way she'd always spoken her mind. He remembe…”

“She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew …”