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page and messaged her:  My new set of wheels, courtesy of my grandfather.
     
    Ella messaged him back:  That is a beautiful vintage car.  Can’t wait to see you Friday night.
    Ray continued:  I can’t wait to see you Friday night.  I’ll be there early.
     
    Ella wrote back:  One other girl coming besides Cassie.  Paige is tagging along.  That’s good because it will give me more time to spend with you and they can shop together Friday night.
     
    Ray liked the sound of that, and he said goodbye and logged off.  He would have Ella all to himself Friday night, if he got his way.  He planned to meet her for dinner to go over the paperwork.  Her girlfriend could sign as witness, then leave to go shopping.  After dinner he had to have a plan.  He got into bed and turned out the light.  Maybe if he slept on it he could come up with a unique idea to get Ella to spend the night with him.  It wasn’t that he wanted to sleep with her, although if that happened he’d be the happiest man on earth.  But, he wanted to spend more time with her, talk more.  She had become the medicine, the remedy for his loneliness.  He didn’t want to come on too strong, but then how else would she know how he felt about her?  Actions spoke louder than words and he was a man of action.  As he closed his eyes he felt he might die if he never kissed her again.  No, he knew he would.   Damn it, he had to find a way to pry her away from Bob, the magnificent. 
     
    He had no way to compete with Bob.  He was already at the zenith of his career and Ray was just a small player compared to him.  Financially, Ray was a 32-year old with a lingering college debt and an antique car to his name.  He made just enough as an associate attorney to get by in New York City.  It was his hope to someday work as an assistant district attorney, then a D.A., but he knew that was a long shot in New York where the playing field was filled with stronger, better connected candidates than him.  Connections; that was what it was all about in his chosen profession.  He decided he needed to hobnob more with the big attorneys in his firm, although it was a disdainful thought.  They bored him to tears. He began to make a mental list of all of his inadequacies, then dismissed the horrid little thought.  But that’s how he felt:  inadequate .  He wasn’t worthy of someone like Ella.  She was above his station in life. 
     
    He decided to set his expectations so they had a better chance of matching reality.  If he could maintain a solid friendship with Ella based on trust and common interests, he’d take that.  At least it was something.  Even if she married Bob, he could still be her friend.  He cringed at the thought.  He didn’t want to be the number two guy in her life; he much preferred to be number one.  But life didn’t always give him what he wanted.  He’d gotten used to switching up the game when necessary and this was no different.  He’d roll with it.  Whatever crumb of affection he could obtain from Ella would be better than nothing.  He had to rein his ego in.  It wasn’t easy sometimes.
     
    If he ever got a chance with Ella, he’d take it.  He somehow knew there’d never be another one like her.  He heard his friends talk about the one that got away plenty of times.  The special girl they missed out on because they did something stupid or didn’t act quickly enough.  He didn’t want his life to be lived with regrets for things he wished he’d done .  Thus far, he had some bumps along the way but felt resilient.  With the right woman, he could do great things.  With Ella, he’d be living with someone he worshipped and adored.  He liked imagining a life like that.  He didn’t care if they lived in a two room shack or a fishing camp; he would love her, pamper her, make meals for her, and give her gifts every day.  Not expensive things like Bob would give her.  The gifts Ray would give would be from his