I said well we both agreed that the older guy was definitely not what we were looking for because of the time element. And although she really like th... idea of another woman around to buddy up with, she had to agree that her talking would drive us both crazy. So she reluctantly agreed to give Mark a chance and see how it would work out. Little did we know...He moved in the following week and things went pretty well. He went to work at 4 AM and was home by 5 PM every day. He always helped when. ”Shelly looked at Brandon, wondering if she should hesitate or hold back anything. He just looked back and shrugged. They were outnumbered. So they both just did as they had been told. “Now what?” Shelly asked.Wayne laughed from the back row of seats. “Yeah, barefoot.” Cathy Lee giggled.Shelly and Brandon did as they had been asked and stood beside the van. They understood were being ‘punished’ by the others. At least they weren’t getting beat up or worse. Maybe they’d have to walk home. ‘I haven’t the slightest notion whom you are talking about. You must know that I only listen to the radio in the evenings and then only to the local news…’ Her voice trailed off as Eva started to laugh. ‘Granny, my sweet, lovely Granny, don’t pretend innocence! Ever since I helped you tidy up your drawers, years ago, I know that you keep newspaper clippings from your faves at the time. So if I say that Julian Woolfe today is what your Mario Lanza and Enrico Caruso were at the time. Then you. .” Jeff said, looking at the girl again.Female Newt took that in stride. “She can come too, like a double date. She winked at the teenage girl, who Newt recognized from school, though he hadn’t realized that she was Jeff’s sister. Now that he thought about it, though, there was a family resemblance. He realized that both Jeff and his sister were cute.The girl shrugged at her brother but her eyes were wide, looking at both big, bold Laverne and Newt.“Yeah!” Jeff replied, ogling female Newt’s.