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get me wrong. I love this country. I just think this war makes no sense. But I’m telling you, if some crazy country wants to attack us on our land, I would be the first to sign up. I’m just not so keen on going halfway across the world to fight in a battle that I’m not exactly sure who our enemy is and why exactly we’re fighting.’
    ‘“ You’re pretty philosophical. I like that. You take things in and digest them and come up with your own opinions.’
    “ I looked deep into Christine’s eyes. I had never felt so comfortable looking into a woman’s eyes. They were beautiful and comforting. I said, ‘I would love to walk you home.’ I knew I was risking getting seriously fined for sneaking out, but I didn’t care. I smiled and knew in my heart there was no place I’d rather be at 2:00 in the morning than walking this amazing woman to her house.
    ‘“ You can walk me home, Mr. Murphy. I’ll be right here at 2:00.’ She paused. ‘You might want to do something else. It’s only 10:30. You have three and a half hours before I get off.’
    ‘“ That’s 210 minutes more I have to get to know you.’
    ‘“ Pretty quick math,’ Christine laughed.
    ‘“ Not really. It’s just 60 times 3, plus 30.’
    ‘“ Your brain was able to just immediately come up with that.’
    ‘“ I was always good at basic math. Trigonometry was a whole other story.’
    “ She said, ‘I never liked math. I’m more of a writer. English and composition were my strong suits in school.’
    ‘“ I can see that,’ I said.
    ‘“ How so?’
    ‘“ You have good communication skills. I can tell you are very smart.’
    ‘“ Thank you,’ she said shyly. ‘You’re a good guy, Joel.’
    ‘“ I try,’ I said laughing and trying not to be too conceited.
    ‘“ It’s refreshing seeing such a handsome man fumble around. It’s actually priceless.’
    ‘“ Handsome?’
    ‘“ Oh, stop it, you know you’re handsome. But you’re also a little goofy. I find it endearing.’
    “‘ I do get smoother as the night goes on.’
    “‘ You’re pretty smooth now, just a couple of minor hiccups.’”
     
     
     
    Chapter Four
     
     
    Present Day – Delta, Colorado - Coffee Shop, 10:00 p.m.
     
    “ Hold on,” Sharee said to me. “Did you really do that for that dad and son?”
    “ I sure did, ma’am.”
    Sharee nodded her head. I wasn’t sure if she was impressed or if she didn’t believe me.
    “I didn’t think about it,” I said. “I just reacted, and thank God, I knocked them all down. I thought about it many times. What if I would have missed? I would have been the jerk who tried to show off but wasn’t able to pull it off.”
    “ You were a ‘Triple-A’ catcher.”
    “ Okay, I was pretty reliable in those years with my arm.” I laughed.
    “ What happened in later years?” Sharee asked.
    “ I’ll get more into that later on the story,” I said. “Only if you still want to hear more of the story.”
    “ Do I?” Sharee said. “I want to hear every detail until she arrives. Remember, this is right up my alley. I’m a romance writer and this story pulls at my heart strings.”
    I looked outside but there was no sign of Christine. My heart sank, but I did enjoy sharing my story with the young lady, so the night wasn’t a total disappointment.
    “I like that detail of the story a lot. It tells a lot about the man you are,” Sharee continued to me as if I was a character in her story and not a person.
    I smiled and said as honestly as I could, “At the time, I thought I was able to knock the pins because I was invincible. I realized through the years that I got pretty lucky. I’m glad I did. I’m not sure if I would have impressed her as fast as I did if I would have thrown the softball high and missed the pins completely.”
    “Do you think it was destiny?”
    “ Possibly.”
    “ Okay, so now you got her attention. What happened during the three hours that you waited?”
     
     
    July, 1968