Lindsey seemed on the verge of shock, so he quietly talked to her as he did the only thing he could think of: stroke her hair and whisper calmly to he...."It's Jimmy for now, Lindsey, just Jimmy, and we are going to think our way out of it, I promise." Just eyeing her, Jimmy figured Lindsey to be six inches tall. And other than being shrunk, she seemed to have suffered no ill effects. Other than being inexplicably barefoot."It's OK, Lindsey, it's OK, Jimmy is going to figure it out, we'll figure. To be able to take JJ home."I was pleading rather than attacking him partly because I saw that as thebest option, but partly because I was just tired. The illness had sappedme, and with the effects of the travel, I was just worn down."The power that I have is more than that," he said. "I have the power torid you of this disease. The disease is a male disease. Your body isreacting against your maleness. I see in you the same beauty that I sawin Jana. You are the same as her. If you will. She told me about how my cousin had to leave and how we will have to make do with each other. But she didn’t know how happy I was inside. Especially after these small clues that she had been giving me.I had made up my mind that I would add to my score here. The only way was I couldn’t make it too obvious. I had to wait for a loophole from her to let her guard down. Then I would shoot right in. And that opportunity wasn’t very far. She asked me to freshen up and then we sat down to watch TV.I. , why do I get the idea that you didn't need anyone to stick up for you," she said with a little sardonic smile. "In fact," she laughed, "Come on; admit it—you took it easy on him."Aw... , he was just having a bad day," I laughed. "I didn't want to make it worse for the poor guy." That Scrimp salad really does look scrumptious," she said, her soft brown eyes lingering just a bit too long as she looked at the container I had just placed on the checkout counter.I looked at her pretty face, her.