It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from workI was tired

It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work．I was tired and had a slight   21 ．
I worked in a   22  doctor's office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened, making the schedule run   23  than usual．It seemed I was going to be late   24  home and my husband, being the   25  person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again． Maybe  26  I hurried, I could still make it home．
I was heading inside to   27  for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter, I heard them asking for   28  to the local hospital．It was the same hospital that I had just   29  a few minutes ago．
The young man at the counter was trying to be   30  in explaining how to get there, with two other people making   31 ．One of them was   32  trying to give them a whole different route back．It was then that I walked over to the couple and said, Would you like to follow me to the  33  ?
A look of  34  crossed the woman's face．
I'm going right by there, I said, which wasn't a（ an）   35  since I had just made up my mind to do  36  that．
I got in my car and began the journey back．I was trying to watch to be sure they were right  37  me．I took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to   38 ．I felt better than I had all day and my headache was   39  gone．
Later, as I arrived home, my husband teased, So you aren't ever late any more．
Sometimes it's  40   to be late, I said, happy inside my heart．
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