By the time she actually got to eat her breakfast, Chrissie’s composure was stretched to all new level. It was the little things that got to her. The girl at the front counter of Cracker Barrel’s restaurant directed them to a table near a window and asked, “How’s this?” And Race turned to Chrissie and said, ‘Is this okay with you, or would the sunlight bother you?”She didn’t say anything. She just sat down and kept her mouth shut. Then when the server came by and asked for their drink order, Chrissie deliberated on having the cranberry juice -- which she loved -- or just some coffee, and Race looked up and smiled and said, “She’ll have both.” Chrissie bit down on her tongue. Then he asked for extra pecans in her pancakes, an extra order of the hashbrown casserole to take home with them -- “Just in case you want some later.” -- and then held her hand tenderly on top of the table and said, “When was the last time I told you how beautiful you are?”The irony of the situation did
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