‘Thank you James,’ she smiled. ‘Shall we go?’ Tish held out her arm for me. I took it and escorted her through the front door to the car waiti...g outside. At the ball, we were announced as ‘Miss Letitia Gordon-Smythe and Mr James Bowden, Earl of Stratford’. Tish looked at me in surprise when the announcement was made. I don’t often use my title, but I had decided that it would be appropriate on this occasion. Well, I had thought that it might impress her friends. Apparently it impressed her. And also a mischievous smile that played along her lips. I was trying to Me: And sexy…Selena: Oh…Me: Please don’t take this in the wrong way.Selena: Hey, it’s okay. I love being appreciated.I knew it. She was an attention seeker.Selena: so you think I’m sexy?Me: Yeah…I was blushing.Selena: How about the time you saw me out of the shower this morning?Me: That was beyond sexy!Selena: Hehe. So you want a gf like me?Me: Of course! Uncle Jim is really lucky.Selena: Why do you think so?Me: He can see. „Du kannst schonmal in Raum 3 gehen und dein Handtuch auf der Liege ausbreiten. Ich komme sofort.“, sagte sie lächelnd und verschwand im Sozialraum der Praxis.Ich nickte und ging in Raum 3. In der Mitte des Raums stand eine Liege. Ich breitete mein Handtuch auf der aus und zog Jackett, Schlips und Schuhe aus.Ich hatte mich gerade auf die Liege gesetzt um auf Olga zu warten, da betrat sie auch schon den Raum und schloss die Türe hinter sich.„Ich bin heute bis 8 Uhr alleine in der Praxis.“, sagte. ”“I’m going to get her back for that. We talk a couple of times a week, too. I told her that I didn’t want to tell you when my birthday was because I didn’t want you to feel like you needed to do anything special.”“Um ... well, I already kind of had it planned before I knew,” I said. “It just made it special.”“Pen! You were going to do this without even knowing it was my birthday? Why?” she asked.“Um ... I...” Damn words! What do I say? “You always do nice things. I paint. I feel like I don’t.