" I gave her my best little boy grin. I wanted some more of what this girl had to offer.She put her small hand on my thigh, much as I had done to her ...n the train ride, squeezing gently as she said. "I would like to see you again Jimmy. Maybe we could go out sometime. I have access to a friend's car."I rubbed to top of her hand that was resting on my thigh using just my fingertips to caress her warm skin. "What about your boyfriend?" I had to ask that question. She spoke so softly that I could. “Hey, Cindy, what’s up?” he asked, surprised that she was sitting with him. “Hi Billy. Could you do me a favor and tell me who your sister has been seeing lately? She won’t tell me and it’s driving me crazy.” “That’s a pretty short drive for you, Cindy. You’re already crazy.” he joked, and she pouted. “Does your family know any other jokes? Andrea told me the same thing this morning.” She batted her eyes at him and smiled coyly. “I’m coming over to your house tonight, you know. I could give. “Are you wearing a new aftershave, CD?”“Oh, I think it must be the new moisturizing cream I’m using. My skindried up all of a sudden. I didn’t notice it had any particularodor.”“It has a really nice fragrance, CD. Really nice.” As Linda was leaving his office, she glanced back over her shoulder to flash him a flirtatious smile. As she went out the door, she moved her rear end provocatively. Linda was a professional, a very proper young woman. In her five years of employment with CD, she. Bob read the journal out loud to his "new" family. Because of the length, it was decided to break it up into many small segments. It became a ritual of sorts for Bob to read a few pages each night, as they began to adjust to the fact that he was really awake, and was not, apparently, going to go back into his mystical slumber. With the exception of Martha, who had somehow convinced the others that he should stay in his old house "for a few weeks ... to fully adjust..." the other women went on.