Chapter 2

Terri and Brett

got along

right away.

Brett was easy

to talk to.

He seemed

like an old friend.

“I work

at the radio station,”

Terri told him.

“What about you?”

“I get by,”

said Brett.

“Right now

I work

at a truck company,

selling parts.”

“Do you like it?”

asked Terri.

“It pays the bills,”

said Brett.

“And it looks like

you’re going to have

some bills yourself.”

Brett pointed at

the pile of things

Terri had bought.

“That’s one good thing

about my divorce,”

said Terri.

“I can go shopping

anytime I want.

I don’t have to ask

before I buy something.”

“You must make

a lot of money

at the radio station,”

laughed Brett.

“Or you made out well

in the divorce.”

“None of the above,”

Terri laughed.

“I just got

my first credit card.

I love it!

It’s like

play money!”

“You will

get a bill,

you know,”

Brett said.

“I know that, silly,”

said Terri.

“I pay my bill

every month.

At least I pay

as much as I have to.”

“Sounds like

you’re on top of it,”

said Brett.

“I guess you know

what you’re doing.”

“Of course, I do!”

said Terri.

“I’ve never had

so much fun

in my whole life!”

She opened

the shoebox.

“Are these

the cutest shoes

you’ve ever seen?”

Brett didn’t care much

about new shoes.

But he liked Terri.

So he said,

“Yes, they are.

The cutest shoes ever.”