‘I hope that’s OK.’ ‘I think,’ I said, ‘the English expression is, ‘I am at your service.” I searched his face as I said this. And w...s pleased to see nothing but the purest smile. Day 28 I’m learning now what Robu-san meant by seeing me more often. I had noticed before that he spent time with Choto girls during the day, and Purification girls at night. I had also noticed that his weekends were often spent with different visitors from other places. Who were as often men as women. What I. Do twenty jumping jacks?"Abbie stood up and began to jump up and down. "What's the big deal? It's just exercise! Everyone should exercise more." What if I asked you to ... dump your coffee on the floor, and then use your sweater to clean it up?"Abbie looked at Jake, shrugged, and then poured her coffee on the floor. "Seems kind of a waste of time, coffee, and maybe even my sweater. But what the heck, I'll do it!" She unbuttoned her cardigan and then crawled on the floor to mop up the spilled. ’ She smiled. ‘I’m a photographer. Mainly portraits, family groups and weddings. And I like to think my pictures are fairly artistic.’ ‘I know what you mean.’ I said. ‘I take pictures too, not professionally, just for pleasure, planes and cars mainly.’ ‘What do you do for a job now? I never thought to ask.’ I shuffled my feet and looked down embarrassedly. ‘I’m ashamed to say that I’m a bin man for the local council.’ ‘That’s not a job I’d have connected you with, but why are you ashamed?’. ’ ‘Thanks, Kyle.’ ‘Thank you for calling,’ he replied stiffly before disconnecting the call. ~*~ ‘You wanna talk about it?’ Kendall asked when she walked into the shop. Taylor had been so quiet the past few days, and hadn’t even made a comment about Annie’s presence in the store. Worried about her friend, Kendall had left Annie with Jo and made her way back to Taylor’s bench. ‘What’s there to say?’ She placed the ring she’d been finishing on her bench-pin and turned her chair to face her best.