CHAPTER NINE
It was only a few days before Alison was right back in the middle of her normal life. Well, her recently-retired normal life, anyway. Sometimes she couldn’t shake a need to be doing something productive, so she didn’t bother re-hiring the maid service and instead cleaned the house herself. She also began running again, and felt good doing it—really good. Better than she had in years. Not having to go to work meant longer daily runs, sometimes in the middle of the day, which was nice.
Brenda desperately wanted to get together, so Alison agreed to be picked up by her the second Saturday she was home. They headed for the wine country in Petaluma to spend some quality time together and catch up.
“So, did you go to the Eifel Tower?” Brenda asked while sipping on an over-poured z
