If I'm quite frank, I think I may be turning into a bit of a nympho.”Rosie laughed. “Well, you're certainly very popular; you've made quite an i...pression in a very short space of time. It must have something to do with those exotic oriental looks of yours. And your eagerness to take part. I get reports back one way or another, and I know that you really throw yourself into the work. Some of my girls are every bit as attractive and pretty as you but just don't understand that they have to. We sounded each other out on our tastes in books and music between occasional attempts Dave and Phyllis made to include us in their conversation—always soon defeated by the two launching off on another literary tangent—and at the time we made only slight impressions on each other. Eventually Dave and Sandra said they had to leave for a movie, and Phyllis said we had plans of our own. After we got home, Phyllis and I quickly undressed and retired to the bedroom for our regular Saturday. It cost me nothing to be polite, and someday it might pay off, I thought.I missed Tiny Dancer, so I must have been early. I was halfway through my four laps when I heard Jame's voice behind me. "I see you don't walk so fast with the bad leg," he said being honest if not tactful in his observation."No, I don't walk fast at the mall, but I can keep up when I have to," I said."So I hear," he replied as he passed me and just kept going at a pace I wouldn't even attempt on my best day.After the walk. " No, Mom, I'm not. I stood there in the doorway and heard the whole thing." You too. Night, Mom."I took the phone from him and put it back on the headboard."How much of that did you get?" I think I figured out most of it. Especially the part where you said you realized you never should have doubted me and were going to dedicate your life to being my slave forever." Whoa, I didn't go that far. How about if I never write you off without giving you the benefit of the doubt? And love you forever?".