Lucia smiled at the young woman and shook her hand. “It’s nice to meet you Abby. I’m Lucia. I worked with Marcus as Director in his company.”<br/><br/>Lucia had heard about a young woman at the diner from a conversation with Marcus. He had told her that he had taken a liking to a diner due to a young woman who in his words ‘Listened to him ramble.’<br/><br/>Lucia thought it was nice that Marcus had found someone out of the company to talk to and could tell how easy it was to talk to her. Abby seemed like a friendly woman who would be someone to talk to over a cup of coffee as a friend.<br/><br/>Friend. Lucia thought of the word and couldn’t remember when she had a friend. She had plenty of business associates but friends were something she hadn’t had growing up, especially as she got older.<br/><br/>Her father instilled in her that friends are useless. You needed business associates with the same thought process and goals he told her. Friends will only hurt you and stab you in the back for your money.<br/><br/>She wondered if she could make a friend out of this tragic time. Was this why Marcus brought them all together? Would they learn something from each other? Lucia had questions running through her mind.