Once we had a phone, I began to once again reconnect with my old friends from home. About once a week I'd make a call to one of my friends and we'd talk for a little while. Not for long, because I couldn't afford much in long distance fees, but it was nice to hear from them now and again. And they, in turn, would call me a few times a month, and so it went back and forth. Some, I couldn't track down at all after so long a gap in time, but a few like Ginny & Michael, and my high school sweetheart David I heard from fairly consistently.
   One night after Nev had gone to work, the phone rang. Picking it up, I heard, "Hi Lisa, it's David, I just got back in town and wanted to call you."
   Smiling to myself, I said, "Oh hey...

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