I complained, but tenderly complained: “I could not bear it... indeed he hurt me!...” Still he thought no more, than that being so young, the larg...ness of his machine (for few men could dispute size with him) made all the difficulty; and that possibly I had not been enjoyed by any so advantageously made in that part as himself: for still, that my virgin flower was yet un-cropped, never entered into his head, and he would have thought it idling with time and words, to have questioned me upon. After another hour or so my phone rang."Did you really get a vasectomy?" Yes, I really did. It hurt too." That makes me so sad, Jackie. You'll never know how sad it makes me." You wouldn't believe me any other way, Babe. I tried every way I could think of to let you know, but you'd never listen. There are a lot of kids out there Ellen, just in my immediate family. You just have to quit thinking they have to come out of you or from me. You think Theresa would say no to you if you offered to take. "Sure, if it doesn't take too long," I said. "I have to be home for supper in half an hour."She didn't come out to the gate to meet me, like she usually did, but just turned around and went in the house, leaving the door open. I went in. She was in the kitchen, under the ceiling fan, looking up."Can you get that bulb out for me?" she asked, pointing to one that wasn't lit. "I'm not tall enough."There was a step stool between the refrigerator and pantry wall. I knew that. She could have used. Jane went back into the clubhouse to send Beth and Jim to the gatehouse to admit Tommy. She instructed them to bring him directly to Jon and Claire when they returned. She then went to the phone to give Tommy directions She guided him to the gate with the help of the cameras that ran two miles in both directions along the road outside the gate. With her task completed, she went back to the sunbed she had been using, giving her a close seat to what Claire and Jon were doing.Claire had continued.