Cara Roberts logs on to her computer to begin work. She really doesn’t need the internet for what she does, but she likes to take breaks and chat with a few of her friends.
As she was typing her transcript an invite popped on to the screen.
“Who, on earth?" she spoke to herself.
There was a message with the invite,
“Cindy Wilcox a mutual friend gave me your screen name. Please accept so we can chat."
She clicked, the accept button added this person on to her list. She set aside her transcript and brought up her list.
As she was doing so an IM popped up with a "Hi" on it.
She smiled and said to herself.
"So you beat me to it." Then she answered with a "Hi, so Cindy gave you my screen name, who are you?"
"My name is Dan Barns, I am Cindy's Brother. She speaks of you all the time. I thought it was time I met you."
Cara sat back and stared. Cindy's brother! She talks the most with Cindy. They had more in common, then anyone else she has chatted with on line. She had even thought of bringing it up to Cindy about them meeting one day in person, being that they lived a little over a hundred miles away.
"Bling" her thoughts were interrupted.
"Hello? Are you still there?" he had typed.
"I'm here, Sorry." She answered. "How is Cindy today?"
Dan was at his computer in his office looking at his screen.
"She is doing fine today. She just had some errands to do so she couldn’t get on line to chat." Ever since Cindy showed him Cara's picture he felt a stirring inside. He wasn't sure why, but he wanted to chat and see if God would reveal something.
"Bling" He looked back at the screen.
"I remember she told me yesterday she may not be on today due to errands."
A thought came to him, and he wondered as he typed.
"Had Cindy ever sent you pics of her and me together?" As he waited her answer he brought up his picture file and opened it to find the picture of Cindy and him standing outside of Cindy's house. The picture was a nice one and showed him real well. His blue eyes like that of his sisters. "Bling"
"Only the pictures of her, her husband and her kids," was her reply.
"Ok, I thought so. Watch your email I am sending you a pic of Cindy and me."
He opened his mail box and clicked onto the composed mail. He clicked the attach icon and attached the picture. Then he wrote a message inside.
“Here is Cindy and me, outside Cindy's house. Now you have an idea of who you are chatting with. May God bless you and your children, Dan Barns" Then he clicked send.
Cara heard the click of email arriving. She opened her box and opened her mail. She read the note then scrolled to look at the picture. Her breath caught as she saw Dan standing next to Cindy. He had deep blue eyes and dark brown hair and a smile that could melt any woman’s heart. Cindy was laughing like a joke was just told, but the only one Cara saw was Dan.
She couldn’t stop looking into those eyes. The photo was as if he was looking right at her.
"Bling"
she shook her head and brought up the conversation.
"Had you received it?"
She began typing. "Yes I did. Nice pic."
She wasn't about to tell him she was taken off guard with the photo. She had met so many and seen many photos. So why was his different?
"Bling"
"I have business in your area in a few weeks, would it be possible for us to meet somewhere for lunch?"
Her heart began to pound at what she had read, lunch? She closed her eyes for a moment in silent prayer. A peace washed over her. She knew her answer.
"Of course I would love to meet you for lunch." she replied.
To Be Continued
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