I cannotthank you enough." Actually," she said, "I think this could be a lot of fun for us both. Tellme what the role is?" The character is a woman in...her mid-thirties who is very successful inbusiness and her male colleagues are jealous and always trying to undermineher. In fact there is only one female character in the whole cast. Despiteall the efforts of her male colleagues, in the final act she is madeCompany President. My character is on stage most of the time, but the roledoes involve. Therefore, we had the swimming hole all to ourselves.Our closest neighbors were Sam and Effie Stewart who owned a farm in Perkins Cove about five miles away. They were getting on in years and their only daughter, Gracie, married Randal Parker and moved to Knoxville before I was born. I met Gracie one time at church while she was visiting her parents, but that was years ago and I haven't seen her since.The day I met Amy was hot and humid, one of those days where the sweat seems to stick to you. Gripping her hips, Marcus held her perfectly still. He then gently placed her on the other side of the bed. Marcus sat up, swinging his legs off the side of the bed. Minutes and minutes past before either of them spoke. Marcus finally broke the tension. ‘Makena….I am sorry for my behavior. It’s been less than proper. We agreed to figure things out slowly last night and here I am acting like a horny teenaged boy and—’ ‘You do like me, right?’ Makena blurted. Marcus turned to see he sitting cross. "Sleep," she muttered, and yawned.It didn't make much difference what she wanted, really, I just had some cold ham, an Atkins sandwich, no bread, and a coffee and then I slept through to eleven.She was gone, she had dressed and had been through my pockets and drawers looking for keys, and she was getting inventive, rooting through my paints and brushes when I found her."Nope!" I told her."John, it's" she said as she pretended to look at a picture of a bank I had been working on, "It's crap.