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me this article. I could have sworn we told you about her
having her own restaurant in Atlanta. Didn’t we tell you about that, Roy? She’s
been doing really well. Take a look.”
    Roy took the article
from his mother’s hand. “The last I had heard about Amie was that she was in
Atlanta, but nothing about her opening up her own restaurant, this Cobalt Blue
Café?”
    “That’s the name of the
restaurant. I’ve heard they have really good food. Hold on, she even has a
website online. Go check it out on the computer,” Agnes said.
    “Come on, Roy, I’ll
show ya ,” Sandy said. They walked down the hall to
Bob’s office. She sat down. Roy bent over her as she started typing. When Sandy
clicked the video link, the image of Amie wearing a bright blue T-shirt with
the words Cobalt Blue Café across the front filled the screen instantly.
She hit play, and Amie’s voice struck his heart. “Welcome to our restaurant, we
hope you enjoy looking over our menu. We also have meeting and party rooms at
the Cobalt Blue Café, where every blue plate is special.” It ended with the
staff shouting and throwing confetti as blue and gold balloons fell from the
ceiling.
    Roy smiled when he saw
how beautiful she still looked. “Wow, she sure hasn’t changed since the last
time I saw her. I’m happy she’s been doing so well. I can’t wait to see her.
Remember when the Browns had that going away party for her before she went off
to cooking school? I still feel bad about what went down.”

 
    * * * *

 
    Ten
years earlier…
     
    “I never thought that
our daughter would be going away on a scholarship to cooking school in France
at the famous Le Cordon Bleu. We will miss her a lot but I know that once she
is done, she will be an amazing success in everything she does.” Richard
stopped for a moment and wiped his eyes. “I haven’t been more proud of her than
I am now. We love you very much, Amie, and we hope great success for you.
Here’s to our Amie!” Richard said holding his daughter with one hand and a
glass of champagne in another.
    “To Amie!” shouted the
group of people as they cheered and clapped. Richard hugged Amie tightly as she
quietly wept happy tears in his arms. She was incredibly lucky to be accepted
into the Le Cordon Bleu. It was a dream come true. Not only did she want to
start her cooking career at the best possible school, she wanted to find a path
out of this town.
    “I am so happy for you,
girl,” Sandy said, giving her a hug.
    The two teens mingle in
the crowd. People were congratulating and hugging Amie.
    “By the way, I have a
surprise for you,” Sandy said with a smile Amie knew all too well when Sandy
was up to no good.
    “Oh Lord, what is it,
Sandy?”
    They walked out to the
parked cars where some of the kids from school were hanging out. They went over
to Steven and Roy who were sitting on the back of Steven’s truck. “Congrats,
Amie. Way to go, girl!” said Steven giving her a congratulatory hug.
    “Thank you, Steven, I’m
so excited about going to France. Of all places in the world…France.” She saw
Roy nursing a beer looking solemn.
    “So, what is this
surprise you have for me, Sandy?”
    Sandy walked over to
Steven who was smiling real big. “I’m getting married!” She showed off her
engagement ring.
    Steven and Sandy had
been dating ever since she was a freshman and he a junior. Amie was a tiny bit
envious of their love. It was something she had always wanted, especially with
Roy.
    “You sneaky girl, oh my
God, this is great news.” She gave them both a hug and started to cry. Sandy
quickly joined in the tear fest. “So when are you guys getting hitched?”
    “Well, we talked with
our parents about it. Dad doesn’t want me to get married until after I’ve completed
college, which means another four years. So we decided to just make it a very
long engagement. I want you to be my maid of honor, Amie, please say you will
be my maid of honor.”
    “Now