It will be dark in an hour or so." There's no accounting for twitchers," Krysta said. "If they hear there's something unusual around they'll be dozens...of them turning up in no time. Mind you it's more likely they're installing themselves so they can catch the last of the birds flying in at sunset." Well, rather them than me. It looks cold out there. What are we doing this evening?" I think we were planning to get together in a minute or two downstairs and decide. I think Celia fancies a trip. It caught me off balance as she had never rung me at the office before.She asked if I might meet her for lunch as she was in town fixed us a fix a date for Maxines.As she approached me outside the restaurant I saw she still carried herself with style; although the years had taken some of that sparkle from her eyes.We embraced upon meeting and went inside.Leaving her coat at the checkout showed her figure to be as good as ever as I escorted her to a secluded table.Seated she held my hand,. Nothing much happened the next day. We had a day of opportunities but Fred wasn't in the mood. It was a matter of the confusion brought on by how he felt about what he was doing with me. After dinner he pulled me aside and asked, “Are we going to sleep out tonight?”I answered that it was my first thought...we should repeat last night in the barn. Most of it anyway. We did, for a few hours. I only thought that I was raw and sore! The first time was just very good; the second time went on. He looked at the blinding white streetlights. Snow drifted in the orbs of light.“D’you like snow?” he asked and it was a genuine question but probably the wrong time to ask it. He didn’t know all that much about her. In some ways they were almost strangers.“Sometimes,” Sofia said and her voice was soft and almost wistful like she wished he’d ask her something different. Something more.His hand was still resting on the gearstick and she touched it unexpectedly, her fingers skimming his. He.