I bruise too easily to fight in the heavyweight division.’ Ms Demakos sniffed in disdain but seemed willing to go along with the arrangement. Bob Cr...edy heaved a sigh of relief at having adroitly dealt with a difficult situation. And at first everything seemed to be, to coin a phrase, smooth sailing. Four times the cruiser went out for the day and four times it returned at dusk. Four times Jim Benson came ashore, cheerful and happy, and then went off to roister his nights away, leaving the boat. Kara, a few inches shorter than Allie and curvier, wore her plaid "Catholic school girl" skirt with white knee socks, a white tank covered by a partially unbuttoned white dress shirt, and braided pigtails. Her brown hair was shorter than her best friend's, and she had an eyebrow ring and a tongue ring. The two really were a mismatched pair. Allie was the preppy type, while Kara was a little rebel. Nevertheless, the girls had grown up with each other and were inseparable.The music was blaring. I even have a real baby! His name was Robert Jacobs before the switching. He was fifty-four, but now he is four WEEKS old!" She giggled at the idea of a grown man being her baby now. "My Mommy is helping me take care of it. She says she always wanted to be a grandmother but thought it wouldn't be until after I graduated from college. She's funny like that. She's my baby's daddy now. I guess that would make Mommy a grandFATHER now!" She giggled again. "You are right about the babies and. ’ She led me through corridors and doorways until we reached rooms that must have been her own chambers. We faced each other beside her sleeping couch, holding hands and staring at each other. Finally I managed to lean forward and kiss her. Our lips clung to each others, sharing a thousand tiny kisses. Our fingers unlaced in order to run down arms and over hips, to brush over hidden breasts and trace the curves of legs and bottoms. ‘Close your eyes,’ whispered Ling. I stood motionless, my arms.