"I didn't exclaim, the way I'd been doing when I'd come across other items that had mildly excited me. I stood there quite still, looking at the plastic case, unsure whether or not I was delighted. For a second, it even felt like a mistake. The tape had been the perfect excuse for all this fun, and now it had turned up, we'd have to stop."
pg. 172
While Chrissie, Rodney, and Ruth go off to see Martin, Tommy and Kathy have over an hour to do something. Tommy finds that this is the opportune time to tell Kathy that he knew about her missing tape and had been looking for it all this time. Kathy is surprised and touched, so when Tommy asks if she would like to look for it, she is completely sold.
As they wander through the different stores, looking for the old tape, Kathy and Tommy have lots of fun. they explore antiques, war medals, and, many other vintage items as they make their way through the stores to look at the old tapes. Before Kathy and Tommy have even realized, it has become less about finding the tape and more about having fun together.
Unexpectedly, Kathy is even upset to find the tape. She had been looking for this for years. Why would she have wished that she didn't find it? To her, it was something nostalgic. It brought back happy memories, but it also meant that this happy time with Tommy had to come to an end. That was why Kathy resented finding the tape. Although it was important to her, Tommy had become more important.
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