Becca startled as her desk phone snagged her attention away from the
document she was writing at work.“This is Becca,” she answered in a crisp tone.“Hi, it’s me,” the soft and silky female voice said.“Where’ve you been? I called you at work and you didn’t answer!”“I took the day off. I had some errands to run.”…
“Well. . . I don’t know. . . I’ve never even im-
agined doing anything like this before.” Kristen’s re-
solve was breaking down, I could see it. I looked at
Kathy, nodding toward her friend in a silent appeal.
Kathy got the idea and piped up, “Come on Krissy, let’s
do it, I dare you to. I’ll do it …