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lay in front of her. What the hell just happened? Her
breath was shallow and those butterflies in her stomach had moved lower, her
body responding to Matt like nothing she had experienced before. And all he had
done was kissed her. Her fingers rubbed across her lips, closing her eyes she
could almost feel him again, soft, warm and wet. She opened her eyes and caught
her reflection in the window. She was still in the bathrobe and the
embarrassment snapped her back into the present.
    Janie moved to the dresser and pulled out clothes for her
adventure in Central Park; jeans, a crisp pink linen shirt, with comfortable
flats and a light jacket. Dressing quickly, she shoved her phone and room key
into her back pocket, some cash and a credit card along with lip balm into her
front pocket and perched her sunglasses on top of her head, tucked behind her
ears. She made her way down to the lobby and headed out the front doors into
the bustling streets of New York.
    She couldn’t help but grin, feeling like an idiot as she
crossed the street headed for one of the many entrances to the park. Every TV
show, every movie that she had seen that was set in New York, had become like a
video catalog of all she wanted to do and see while here, and Central Park
topped that list. Words could not capture the excitement she felt setting foot
into her very own wonderland.
    *****
    Matt strode out of the elevator and purposefully made his
way to the woman sitting behind the dark wood desk. “Angela, a woman called
here this morning asking for me. I need the phone number she was calling from.”
    Angela looked confused but he continued speaking as he walked
to the large wooden double doors that held the plaque with his name on it. “She
was speaking to you and said ‘Never mind, he’s here’.”
    Clarity appeared across Angela’s face. “Oh yes, sir. I did
speak to her. You want her phone number?”
    Matt turned back to her while opening the large door into
his office and nodded.
    “Well, I’ll have to call IT and see if they can locate it.”
    “I don’t care how you do it, just get me the number.”
    *****
    Janie had already consumed a giant pretzel, a hot dog and
some kind of meat on a skewer. She was thoroughly enjoying the food carts! And
walking in the sun was heavenly. It was still a little grey in Portland, as the
winter hadn’t quite shaken its hold on the Pacific Northwest, so this was a
welcome change. There was lots of green grass with children running and
laughing, dogs and their owners playing Frisbee, and young couples sharing a
picnic lunch. She had even walked by the skating rink and remembered the movie
Serendipity and the magical scene where snowflakes fell on John Cusack and Kate
Beckinsale. 
    Janie purchased a coke and made her way to an empty bench.
Popping the top of the can, she leaned back on the wrought iron and sighed. 
She had walked and walked and she was sure she had only seen a fraction of the
park. She pulled her phone from her pocket and flipped through the pictures she
had already taken; fountains and water and trees and rocks. It really was a
beautiful park.
    Focused on a picture of the lake with toy boats floating
across the smooth surface a text flashed before her eyes. ‘Hope you’re having
fun Mom! Make this a trip to remember. Luv ya’
    It was from Tyler. A big smile appeared as she read the text
again. Tyler and Adam had certainly grown into amazing young men. Her twin boys
had arrived into the world four weeks early and had been tiny, spending almost
two weeks in the NICU before she and Robert could take them home. She was
barely an adult when they were born and in many ways she and the boys had grown
up together. Now they were both over six feet tall, Adam playing on the
baseball team for Oregon State and Tyler a wide receiver for the Oregon Ducks.
Neither was planning a pro sports career after college. In fact Adam wanted to
go to Medical school and Tyler was looking at an MBA. But they still