“You went to all that trouble for me?” “Wait, there is more, just one more thing I need to tell you. It’s about tomorrow.” “About tomorrow,” questioned Grace?” Daniel continued. “The paper comes out tomorrow and yesterday when George passed by…” “And you had your pants down and I’m holding the roses and are telling me that is going to be in the ….?”
“Actually today Gracie and this is what they call, hot off the press.” With that, Daniel apprehensively produced the first copy, “compliments of George.” Headlines blared, ‘Caught With His Pants Down Again.” Retired teacher welcomes High School Sweetheart back to town by recreating a scene in their junior and senior high school play leading roles 46 years ago.
Is it romance on North Street? As Gracie continued to read the welcome home ink, she made faces, a hint of embarrassment, then a smile. Gently folding and rolling the paper and looking up into the eyes and into his soul she realizes just how much they have had doppelganger silent romances in their lives. For their spouses and for each other but unspoken or hinted at for all these years and now she realizes how much she has loved Daniel.
Then without warning SWAT right up along side of his head, the newspaper dropped to the floor and as it unrolled itself with the front page headlines exposed, she took her startled lover by his hand and led him down the hallway and into her bedroom.
Daniel looked deeply into her eyes, embraced his love and with that grin and with those sparkles in his eyes he began moving closer to the bed. “This is the moment I have been dreaming about for a long time Gracie.” “Me too Daniel, since yesterday. Daniel, I want you to start unpacking all the boxes in here and put things where you think they should go. I met Amy this morning and she said the girls are meeting at noon at the café and it would be a good time to get to meet them. I’ll be back around 1:30 and then we can start on the guest bedroom.”
Grace walked down the hallway, picked up her umbrella, still damp from her grocery store visit, walked out into the beautiful rain freshened beauty of her new/old surroundings, turned back and loving and gently said to Daniel. “I expect my bedroom to be all in order when I return, don’t just stand there and gawk, time’s a wasting and time as you know Daniel is a very precious thing and by the way, you know what they say about payback.”
Just the beginning, again.
End
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