She was just putting dinner on the table when I arrived and I poured the wine and we sat down to dinner and conversation. It was a light meal of salm...n, rice and asparagus. Followed by a bowl of ice cream and fruit. We then went out onto her patio overlooking the city and had a cup of coffee. We sat in the warm summer evening and enjoyed a breeze from the north. I was looking out over the city when felt her fingers gently tracing along my arm. It sent chills through me to my spine, it was. M. she fell asleep in the chair, awakening at 7, stiff and dry and feeling the hurt worse than ever. She took a bath, fell asleep in it again, and awoke when the water got cold. It was a little after 8. She had to be at the trade show by 9, but she couldn't get herself interested in it.Finally, she dressed, and was about to leave her room for the meeting rooms below in the hotel, when her phone rang. Who could that be? She picked it up."Laura?" It was Jonelle, her voice tentative and. Stella finished the back lawn and advised Joe she would finish the front tomorrow. Joe showed her the correct way to clean and stow the machine. Joe was starting to assemble the ride on, Stella help by handing the correct part and necessary tools. It took 45 minutes to finish. Joe checked his work then started the engine. It started first time with a nice motor purring sound. He took it for a ride. He then let Stella ride, giving her instructions. Looking down she asked. “It not cutting”Joe. All these things waited for her…allshe had to do was drop the damn ball. A diamond ring! Every girl's dream. How big would it be? One carat? Two?Every hour it became bigger. All she had to do was hang onto that little silverball! In the end, the spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak. Her fingers becamecold, numb sausages that she could no longer control. She didn't feel the ballslip out of her grasp, but she could hear the sound of the metal ball bouncingoff the concrete floor. In the.