Elliot It was strange being free, not that I had ever thought of swimming as something that held me back, and I haven’t completely given up. I just wasn’t competing. I was still swimming every day, I doubted there would be a day in my life where I would not feel the need to be in the water. There was a new need in me now as well. Riley. The more I got to know her , the more I kicked myself for not telling her how I felt sooner. She was sweet but there was a fire in her and she was passionate. Not only where her job was concerned but also with me. And I loved every second of the time we spent together. Which was one of the reasons I met her from work almost every night. Waiting outside like an over eager school boy with his first crush. Of course the sight of me there had caused som

