I'll pass them around, if you'd like one, please take one. You never know, they might help to inspire us.'Everyone, including Loyd, accepted one of he... novelty pens, while Dale shared out the books he had borrowed. When Alicia, Jeremy and Loyd had gone, The Handyman said, 'Suppose I'd better be going, ' several times without making any move towards the door. Thinking a hug might help him on his way, I opened my arms in invitation. He clasped me tightly, then when we separated he looked over at. She smiled at me as if to say "See how easy thatwas?" and led the way. We followed the salesgirl to an area where anarray of dressing rooms opened off a large central room with milky plushcarpet and benches surrounded with scores of full mirrors on the walls. Women in various stages of dress where checking themselves and eachother in the mirrors. None of them paid the least bit of attention tous. I guess they assumed that if I was in the inner sanctum playingwith bras and panties and. He told me that he was expecting my call. He said that he wanted to take her out to dinner on the following Saturday night and I said it was okay.”“As simple as that then?”Jack looked away. “Well... there were things that he suggested that I might like to do.”“Go on.”Jack remained silent for a few moments.“Please tell me.”He looked up at her and saw the expectant look on her face. “He... suggested that I take her out shopping and buy her some nice lingerie to wear for her date with. ..And now he was before her, eyes closed. One final viewing.It was her first time seeing death. It almost didn't look like him. For a brief moment, hope flared in Violet that this WASN'T Dad, that there had been a mistake! No ... no, Dad wouldn't like that. Dad would want her to accept this. Accept it as a part of life, a balance for all the joy he'd given her.She recalled one of his stories. Dad's Grandpa, her Great Grandpa Hunt, had died suddenly when he was in 4th grade. He had told the tale.