Chapter 34

She wrote to him again, and by the end of the month, the two were on a first name basis. She'd asked where he lived - what he did for a living - if he was married or involved. He'd told her he held an executive position with a small but rapidly growing company - that he'd gone to college - wasn't married and wasn't in a relationship.

She'd felt her cheeks burn when she discovered that they lived in the same town. It took a few days for her to say 'what a small world', and only three more to agree to meet him after classes at a local coffee shop.

Her heart was beating so fast she thought she might faint as she waited for him to show. He'd said he'd be wearing denims and a white shirt. He did. Though he was maybe fifteen years older, she thought he was so handsome, noting the trace of salt and pepper hair above nicely shaped ears.

'Oh, my God!' she thought, watching the man climb out of a metallic gray Porsc