‘Men can be such dim bulbs.’ Joan nodded her agreement. ‘I don’t know what it is,’ she said. ‘A lot of men seem to think that because I’... a divorcee I’m an easy lay or something.’ ‘I’m sorry to hear that,’ Eldon said. ‘You, of all people, deserve better.’ She looked at him for a long time, then took a deep breath. ‘I…when you called and asked me to go out with you,’ she murmured, ‘I was…excited, but I was scared, too.’ Eldon was surprised. ‘Scared?’ he said. ‘Of me?’ She nodded. ‘Things between. "I'm not sure that I know what you mean?" I looked down at the towel I was using to cover my groin and realized that a minor adjustment needed to be made because my penis, after the initial shock of discovery, had reverted to its previously erect state. Then I looked up at my mother. "And I want to... er... th-thank you mum, I guess I must have been in kind of a hurry to get to the shower."Talk about being entirely the wrong thing to say, I could have bitten my tongue as soon as I'd said it.. Tamarilla was eager to see Alice painted, but everyone just stood there as if frozen. 'If they don't start with the painting, I could miss the bazaar.' Tammi cleared her throat in a loud 'Ahem'. The artist shook his head as if he was just waking up and he directed Alice to sit on a chair he had placed on the raised platform.Once Alice had daintily sat in the chair, the artist leapt to the table next to his easel and returned holding a pallet in one hand and a fine brush in the other. The artist. “I don’t know how you could have been any different. I did try, god did I try!”“Strange as sounds, you have been a wonderful husband. You just never had my heart. Your family as so special to me and you, well you’re like a brother I never had. I don’t hate you but I will never be able to love you as you deserve.” Jo said starting to cry. “There is someone out there that will be a more perfect wife than I ever could.”“So what now?” Mark asked.“Well, do you still dream of being a journalist?” Jo.