He brushed against my arm, sending tingles up to my spine. We walked in silence for some time, side by side. I could feel his deep green eyes on my fa...e, but I didnt dare look into them, for fear I might fall under their spell and take him back. No, for now, I walked with my eyes trained on the sidewalk in front of me. Alex sighed and stepped in front of me, forcing me to stop. A car whooshed past, headlights illuminating his handsome face. My heart jumped when I saw him, then he was enveloped. Starting over isn’t easy.”“It’s a lot easier with the right woman,” I replied. “Once we’re settled, we’ll have you and Mom over for dinner. It’ll give you a chance to view her in a new light.”“Looking forward to it, son.”I drove back to the duplex. Andrea helped me prop the mattress against a wall. I busied myself with assembling two coffin-sized frames, cutting cleats out of a length of 2 x 2 with a sabre saw and using my cordless drill with a screwdriver bit to fasten the pieces together.. , who we shall call Sid for the sake of convenience, told us the plot of the story and it was interesting and easy to remember.The plot was that the three old farts, including one younger dominant fart, were playing cards at a table, fully dressed. We actually used UNO cards and made out it was Poker or something. I don’t play cards but I know how to slam them down and look serious.At some stage not too long after the camera was rolling the game would appear to finish and I would sit there. And from reading thetone of her voice, Ilina thought him crazy to give up a good thing.Based upon her early to mid-twenties appearance, Ken guessed her trueage as no more than fifteen years greater than his own. Combine thatwith her assignment, chosen from amongst all the options available tothe Divas, and he accepted the confidence Ilina portrayed in herself,it seemed unlike the cockiness others showed when trying to prove theirworth. She impressed him, impressed all of them at the tea shop,.