"What do you think I am?" I think you are a man," Grace breathed in my ear, "but I also think you're my man. Like I say. Look, but don't touch. In fac..., looking and the occasional compliment might be a good thing for Evvie."I shrugged and sighed. Things were getting a little too complicated for me. I knew there was a reason I'd avoided long-term involvements."What chance of a fish or two for supper?" Grace asked."You know where the line is," I said.We kept our course throughout the day.. She'd do anything for him that she could, and I don't mean just the physical thing. But some of the physical stuff was very hard for her. I remember how she cried when she told me about how much it hurt when he put it in her bum. But she let him do it. She loved him, and she thought he loved her, too. Right up until..." Until what?" Ben went out with a bunch of his guy friends from school. They were kidding him about his black girlfriend from 'the projects.' Ben made some remark about 'once. I dream of Christmas mornings and hearing our children run into the living room to see if Santa had come. I dream of a daughter and a son playing outside with him, chasing them through the garden and playing hide and seek. I long to lay on his chest at the end of the day just to hear his heart beating and find that the rhythm of my own beat is synchronised with his. I want to wake up every morning next to him and breathe in his scent as I hug myself against his back, to wake him with soft. Lining out is done by applying wooden batons to the steel hull before screwing the floor, ceiling and sides onto them. You also need to get your plans right because between the metal and wood runs all the wires, cables and piping. Aggie, as usual, was my chief assistant, whose job description seemed to be getting in the way, especially when I was man-handling sheets of 8’ x 4’ marine ply. The purchasers of the boat had made just one visit and were at that stage pleased with everything. They.