title: Friendship Interrupted: "Hello, Are You Still There?"
author:  JoAnne Cianfichi 
description: Lisa Quinlivan works as an interior designer, enjoying it as a channel for her tremendous creativity and keen eye for beauty. She stays active playing both golf and tennis, and Lisa loves to sing. For her, timing is everything in friendship as it affects those we meet and get to know. Friends are those we have the good fortune to meet at just the right moments. Her husband is her soul mate; they have two sons and several beautiful grandchildren.
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  Reunion: Part II
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The first day after the end of summer break, September first, during our
  homeroom period.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Yozora Mikadzuki, who entered the classroom while our teacher was taking
  attendance.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Everyone in the class was surprised when they saw Yozora walk in. The
  beautiful long black hair that went down to her waist that she had up until
  about a week ago, was all cut off, leaving her with hair so short it barely
  reached her neck.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  However, for me, the surprise did not end there.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Yozora's face with her hair cut looked exactly like the boy who I took as my
  best friend and with whom I parted 10 years ago. I turned to face her, and
  murmured that old best friend's nickname.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "――――Sora?"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Then Yozora followed, while staring at me with moist eyes filled with
  innumerable emotions and a faint smile, and said, without a doubt, in a
  slightly trembling voice,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "――――It's been a long time, Taka."
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  My gut feeling wasn