Maybe it was something on the news, thought Jake. No matter, this was more important. The dorm building he lived him was almost totally occupied by wo...en and he considered that to be something of a bad joke. He considered himself to be a woman in spirit and yet he couldn't join them the way he wanted to. By the time he reached the mall he was in a bad temper. How dare that old guy sell him a dud? His anger deepened visibly when he failed to find the 'Spells R Us' shop. Jake searched high and. Louise is a mother of all type, the kind of person who receives and heals others. She made me feel better more than once and I helped rescue her from the Blasters long ago. I've always thought she made the triple marriage with Mary and Jim work. She's not the prettiest or smartest but cares about people and it shows. In two hours, Amy was calling her Mom.We slept armed and ready that night. When the replacements came the next morning, we had the bridge blocked and a sign up saying, "No. I'm an old woman. This and my boy toy Tomcat and a good brandy are about the only hobbies I have. I lived through the Insurgency. That's why I teach close combat to women and to couples who have had one or both partners raped. Aztlan insurgents were like wolves among the sheep because the US government prohibited self-defense. If an underground group tried that today in New York City, those punks run a risk of having their asses kicked by one of my students. One of my students made the news a. We finish our wine and go to the dining room, where the table is set, with the fresh flowers you insist on bringing home at least once a week, and candles, which you light, while I serve our plates. You pull out my chair for me, and I think again, that I am a lucky woman. Most men wouldn’t show such a consideration, but you insist upon the small things, like opening doors, and helping me into the car, helping me with my coat, and pulling out my chair. I let You, and I love the small.