Written in a poetry style. Kip is now a professor at his former school, and Rea is a world-renowned music star, and they have lost touch with each other. Kid's younger brother, Greg is now a basketball star who brings great fame to his former school. Greg and his wife Arial have a young son Michael. In the face of great tragedy Kip and Rea re-connect and still find it hard to know and seize the moment when a friend is more than a friend. Feel the emotions of sorrow and great joy as Mia Mercer, the younger sister of Greg, concludes her story with "and at last Kip and Rea remembered
love
– forgives, love
– mends"

The story is told as one might hear it, in all its musical quality, while sitting at Grandfather's knee. If you listen quietly while reading, see if you "hear" his voice in that deep, "sing-song" style of old: "There was a city, not far removed from a small village, not far, that is, by car . . ."