We packed up our stuff that Sunday morning and threw them in the back of my convertible as we drove out to Venice Beach at eight a.m. ... The next couple days following Sunday were some of the hardest days I've ever had to live through. ... I sat quietly in class and all through mass, knowing that each passing second, minute, hour, drew closer and closer to his departure back home. ... When I arrived and threw my things in the back, she simply looked at me with a smirk and said, "You need to figure out where Matt is, we're going to see him.... This woman was full of surprises la...

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