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"What about a clue?"

He thought it over for a second and said, "It’s not in Franklin and I spent a lot of time there when I was a kid"

I didn’t know much about him, but I could onlyyou because it’s a surprise," he teased

It was about a 15 minute drive to our destination and we talked nonstop on the way I got the impression Jessie didn’t want to shareme to a place that held a special place in his heart even if he didn’t say so

He pulled into a parking lot outside what appeared to be a park "I have two places I want to show you"

"At the park?"

"The first place is at the park"

I reached for ot out of the truck and came around to open my door

After I got out, he shut my door and I said, "You can be pretty unassholeish when you want to be so I think I ht need to find a new na your na else but Princess" I liked that he had a special name for me that only he used

He took nited an excitement in me I never felt with Forbes He led round and stopped in front of a large play set "Do you see a common the we recently discussed?"

I looked around at the playground and saings, slides and jungle gy a bell for me

"It may be difficult to see because it’s dark, but look over there and see if anything registers with you"

I looked in the direction he pointed to and it suddenly hit me "Oh, I see now It’s a castle"

"Yes, and this wasup I always tried to talk one of the girls on the playground into being uess I’ve showed thedoive me the tour?"

"Absolutely"

We climbed into the inside of the play set, but had to crouch down because it so short Once inside, he pointed to the corner and said, "That’s where I had my first kiss"

"What was her naed "I don’t know She was a cute blond and that was all I needed to know"

"Oh, so you prefer blonds? I see how you are," I joked

"There wasn’t any cute little auburn haired girls, so as I supposed to do? I was only eight What did I know? I started s when I elve, so I think we have established I wasn’t the brightest kid"

We hung out in the castle talking for about an hour, then he said, "This has been fun, but there’s soht?"

I would gladly go anywhere he wanted to takeas I ith him "Sure"

We left the park and he drove out to an open field and parked out in the middle He left the key rolled back so we could listen to the radio and said, "You’re wondering e’re in thehere"

He pointed to his temple "There is You just can’t see it because it’s all in my head" He reached across the cab, took my hand and pulledto kiss me, but he opened his door to step out of the truck and I remembered what he said He wouldn’t kiss nificant because this is where I learned to play football It’s a practice field now, but this used to be Collinsville’s football field a long tiht here learning how to throw a football"