Mel pulled into the driveway right behind me. She walked up, leaned into my window and bussed my lips with a kiss before helping me out of the car. “I got your message. I’m so sorry I didn’t get back to you. Are you just getting back? Must have been some kind of day for you, huh?” I blew out a heavy breath, “You have no idea, but I’ll tell you all about it later. I want to hear what you’ve been up to.” “My day was thankfully uneventful, so I was able to spend time working out a schedule of appearances with my campaign manager and we held a little impromptu press conference too. I’m feeling a lot better about the whole Noland Troutman deal.” “Baby that’s great. I’m relieved to hear that.” I pulled open my back driver’s side door and reached in to get my crutches. Only one was there. “Wh