.” “Ever since?” she raise an eyebrow. “Oh, damn it, since that woman in the coffee shop!” I blurted out. “I'm sorry, I don't follow...”...she frowned and squatted down so she was more at my level. “Neither do I but she excited me!” I was blushing furiously. Saying out loud that I was turned on by a woman was like a sordid secret that I had revealed. “Oh, I see, the white jeans!” Mel's eyes opened wide. “You mean sexually excited?” I saw a twinkle flash momentarily in her eyes. “Don't spell it. Of course, the families sent cooks to help and another family which was much more prosperous than usual found out about our program and they provided additional resources of food and money. I was so pleased to see that this was really becoming a community project and pulling people together to help one another.We were on the Heifer International’s waiting list and it would be months before they could get to us. I wondered if a sizable donation would shorten the wait.I was approached by a young. Well come and meet the Damsels, some of them anyway."Becca introduced Nicky first to Jane as team leader who greeted her with a warm smile."Ever done this before?" she asked.Nicky shook her head."Come off it," said Becca. "I bet it was you that painted your bedroom." Oh yes, so I did." Well then." In that case you'll be up to speed in no time," said Jane cheerfully."Jane, love, can she join your team for the time being? She's going to be living with Penny and Anita so that would make things. She was feeling uncomfortable again.“Please, Leanne. Ellen knows me well, and she understands why I’m involved with you. She doesn’t disapprove, and she doesn’t think badly of you.”“I’m sorry, Jake. I just don’t feel very comfortable with this whole thing. She’s your mother and you’re her baby boy.”“It may surprise you but that’s not the way it is between us. We haven’t had a mother-son relationship for several years. For reasons you would understand if you knew her well, it’s really quite the.