But I’m warning him—’ I wasn’t sure whether the sound she made was a giggle or a stifled hiccup, ‘After the first strike he won’t have any...balls.’ Tommy roared with laughter, clutching his stomach. Mary Louise was covering her mouth with her hand, but her eyes flashed blue-green sparks of merriment and her ample bosom jiggled. I even managed a limp smile. ‘God DAMN, Chief! Maybe you oughta settle for a forced walk on a wild pitch!’ He burst into another gale of laughter. ‘No balls!’ Jennifer. Luckily we both remembered in time that we were in company, and missed out the kiss. I contented myself with the hope that one day very soon, Jen would hug me when the hot water bottle would be the only thing that had any clothing on!I had asked Jen to give me the tray purse I had bought in Cardiff as her present to me; I wanted something that would remind me of her every time I used it. I remembered to express surprise and delight when I opened it, because our grandparents would have been most. I tested it and air was flowing into and out of the bus. I had to trim a couple of the pipes as they were too long, but that was easy enough.My project had lasted from spring to fall and I planted grass and watered it as the last thing to be done for the year on this part of the effort.With the new spring the hillside looked pretty much as it had, only with green pipes sticking out of it and some new grass growing. People pretty much forgot about what I had done and life went on. But, I had a. She found herself watching his face, trying to gauge his reaction to her being thirty. Most people would guess mid-twenties, but her petite blonde frame made her look younger."This gardening is becoming a chore. There was a time when I loved it, but it's a bit much on my old bones now, my dear."This time there was less light-headedness and more of a tingle that ran from the nape of her neck down her back.She looked him over again. He looked healthier than she could ever remember him looking..