Deep thoughts led to depression, to seeing problems that couldn't be fixed. Much more for her were fantasies, imagining a possible happy future withou... concern for realism. That this at times meant she wasn't paying attention to the here and now had led to much of the pain in her life, which only caused her to try and imagine a perfect future even more.Thus, the fact she was now trying to seriously work out what to do was unusual. Taylor blamed Fred. He had made her so happy, given so much love. .. and Karen, as you could. Mon Dieu! On the other hand, it turned you into one helluva of a strapping young man. I must confess that ... when I first saw you in your uniform, and I’ve never admitted this to anyone before, I was drawn to you in a way that I never was before. I was always secretly drawn to uniforms, you see. My parents, brother, sister, none of them understood this. They were Communists, after all. French Reds are not overly fond of uniforms of that nationalistic sort,” Mom. I'd never seen her with a man or a woman but then I'd only seen her at school. As I watched her coming back in with tea for both of us I felt my heart leap.I tried to settle myself down. We worked. It was so great the way she worked with you, listening to what you had to say, as if your contribution were as important as her own. She was only a couple of feet from me as we worked and I was very aware of the closeness of her body. When I risked a glance at her, I felt I needed to etch every. "Shelly hesitated until she saw Jimmy waving her outside."Hi Shelly, glad you could make it," Jimmy said in a friendly tone."Hi Jimmy," Shelly said and stepped out onto the deck. "Can I help?" I think I have everything under control but you can keep me company." All right," she said and sat down on the bench next to Jimmy.Jimmy didn't miss the flash of thigh as Shelly's short skirt pulled up her thighs. He saw her looking at him and felt his face redden at being caught. "Uh... so what's your.