Chapter 1944

"You're welcome. It's no biggie," the boy said as he turned around to leave. Melody then called out to him. "What's your name? I'll pay you back another day." "I'm Sherman. Don't worry about it. It's not that expensive anyway." Sherman smiled warmly at her and left. Melody looked at the sanitary napkin in her hand and felt a fuzzy feeling in her heart. As he left, she silently repeated the name to herself, "Sherman." The boy from her memory had grown into a handsome and elegant man. He walked toward Melody with a glass of juice and said, "Here's some juice." The scene was almost a deja vu as he placed the drink in front of Melody and said, "I'm not sure which flavor you prefer, so I just took one at random." "Thank you." Though her response was the same as when she was 18, things seemed to have changed drastically since then. At times, she wondered what things would have been if she was braver. Perhaps her story with Sherman would have a better ending. Unfortunately, it was too l