Jim offered to clean off the dinner dishes and to put away the few remaining leftovers, sending the girls back into the living room. He could hear the...soft murmurs and the giggling continuing as they sat on the sofa and he hurried to get back there himself in order to watch their antics close up.After finishing up in the kitchen, Jim came out to the living room and topped off the girls wine glasses as well as his own. He sat down at the far end of the sofa and watched as Donna continued her. "Lucy laughed at the expression on Ed's face and replied, "Right."William glanced over at Lucy and winked. He had warned her that they were going to end up playing with the radio controlled cars after Tim came home from school. He replied, "I've got all of the books and papers loaded in the Hugger. All I've got to do is pack my clothes and I'm ready to leave." That's not all you have to do. I've got bags and bags of stuff for the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom out in my car. You need to load. I saw my sweet young bride working her way towards me."Folks," I announced, "Ronni an' I have a place to be going..." I shook Alex's hand, then Terry's, and collected hugs and kisses from Rena and Deb, and we left.We had plans. Cruise. It was hurricane season. That kept us out of the Caribbean. We flew to Vancouver.Ronni was touchie-feelie the whole trip. And we had a night in a hotel before embarking on our cruise.We were in a ROOM. Together. She wrapped me in her arms. I reciprocated. She. I mean, I looked up guys who become girls on the internet. Let me tellyou, it isn't usually a pretty sight." I see," she says, playing with her own straw. "So if I were a monster,you'd have gotten back on the next bus out of town?" Yup. No offense. Just not a situation I could have handled right now.Sorry to tell you." I understand."You can see how nervous she is, just by the way her painted fingers arefluttering furiously over that straw of hers. She's even more nervousthan I am, which is.