He fought for breath as it became like trying to breathe throughfire, each time he tried to take in air it felt like it was taking anage to do so. As ...f in a dream he felt himself fold to the floor andthere as the clamor of voices around him and he felt some one lay a coatof something over him. As the crowds grew around what appeared to be a small child on the roadthe driver of the truck got out of his cab shaking. People were crowdingaround him also as he pushed his way through to the elfin. NIki can get to be a bit of a randy minx, can’t seem to keep her hands to herself and all that, right Goosh?” Chuck said, nodding to the other boy as if they were both in on a naughty secret. As the others all looked over at Niki and Steve, curious, speculative looks on their faces, everyone could see how red cheeked she was.Pausing just long enough that Steve was once again getting ready to take his turn, Chuck piped up “Oh, crap, I forgot. Niki, hand me your towel ... I can’t believe I forgot. The twisted ideathat had come into my head during my commute suddenly didn'tsound so crazy. Maybe our lives would never be the same, butanything would be better than the life I was living. I had somecomp time coming from the office, and tomorrow the wife anddaughter would be out most of the day. When they got home, we'dsee how they got by without a man around the house.I surveyed my sad reflection in the mirror above the vanity. Myhair was thinning and prematurely gray, but when I put on. He decided to take a chance on it. Half-way across the Heath a thought struck him. How had she known his number. Come to that, how did she know his surname? Surely he had only introduced himself as Jake? She must have asked Guy, of course!Gloria was not in the pub, but he saw her friend Natalie with a large young man who seemed to be paying her a great deal of attention. His friend, the barman, came and joined him."We are thinking about setting up a pub quiz evening, Jake. Interested in helping.