It is old but in good working order." No. I will take a bus." Do as I tell you!" OK."I stopped and looked at him."Am I gonna see you again?" I asked."... will call you."I hobbled into the house, found the keys and returned to the front door. Steven was standing outside, looking down at the ground."Good luck, Steve! You are nice guy," I said as I gave him the keys."Thank you, Tiffany! I... I am so sorry about your leg." I am fine." Your leg has to be X-rayed! Promise me to do it as soon as. ’ ‘I see, oh yes, I certainly do.’ I was watching her rising chest, seeing now a slight glowing shimmer emanating from the skin of her ample bosom, a byproduct of the oils in question no doubt. I wondered deeply what that skin would feel like to the touch and determined right then that my hands should one day know her in this way at least, my friendship with the doctor be damned. Such was the power of these swollen pontoons floating magically before me. I quickly took a small amount of laudanum. Alright then,” Jake acceded with a big grin, having got what he had been angling for all along.“And I'll entertain you while Mel is doing him,” Sue completed the deal.“Now things are looking up,” he said with a grin. “What is poor Nick gonna be doing while I get all this attention?” he added just to rattle his wife's cage.“Both of us!” Mel answered on behalf of his wife as Sue pinched his ear.“Oh, I think I grasp the plan now,” Jake hammed it up, rubbing his sore ear.Back at the cottage, I. We’ve all been there, and we got over it. Another few weeks, and you’ll understand. Before you know it, you’ll be glad that it happened.’ Around me, the others looked in expectantly, their gazes judging, and in a way, almost pitying. I laughed nervously, and nodded my head. ‘We’ll see,’ I said, trying to inject enthusiasm that I didn’t feel. ‘That’s the spirit,’ Kat said, the broad grin returning to her face. She pulled me in for a hug. ‘Whatever brought you here,’ she said, ‘we’re glad to have.