.. A smile of amusement crossed his lips, a look of imperturbable amusement, much like a cat after swallowing a canary and being caught with the feath...rs sticking out of its mouth.McDonald walked around the side of the house to the garage entrance, unlocked it, and went in. It was pitch dark, but he knew his way from experience, and soon he was at the other side of the garage, the private door which was part closet, part entranceway to the rumpus room. He glanced around after flipping the light. It was as though for one brief moment I had gone mad and although Jim had enjoyed my madness I could tell that it had confused him as well; yet he kept what had happened a close secret between the two of us. It was a secret that we never mentioned to anyone, not even to each other and after a couple of years it seemed that we had both forgotten the incident.Jim was fourteen when I next remembered what had happened, of all things it was a TV program that brought the incident to mind. Though the. He was athletic. He could run like a deer. He could jump over a car. He could bench press his weight. He could have accepted a number of college offers when he graduated, but something was bothering him. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do; hence the tree trimming thing.He had first noticed her a year ago. He was up in a tree with his chain saw. She was in the yard; across the fence. She had three young kids playing in the yard. She was dressed in faded denim cutoffs; close fitting gray tee. When Pippa and CC finally got to bed – getting on for twenty-three hundred hours – on Saturday, it was really their first opportunity for privacy. They got naked and Pippa lay on top of CC. Anticipation had both of them very ready for penetration, but once there, they barely moved; just lay revelling in the sensations."Pippa ... you kept saying you didn't want commitment. Is that still true?"She kissed him gently as she considered his question. "I think so. Did you want to change? Did you want.