" My dad gave me a grim little smile and left me alone.Well that's great, nothing like letting me know at the last minute I thought. If I put it off I...would probably chicken out so I walked around the house to the front porch. As my dad said, Jackie was talking to my sisters.I knew how pretty Jackie was but seeing her in person after so many months just took my breath away. She was laughing at something one of my sisters had said and when she saw me she stopped laughing and gave me a sad little. " Somebody doesn't like Dr. Poindexter," said Kendra, in a sing-song voice."Somebody doesn't respect his work," Bob corrected. "But let's not talk about him. Let's talk about going to Boston." Boston is probably two days away by ancient hippy conveyance," she said. "And then two days back. I can't just pick up and leave school for a week. That would never fly with Coach Sinderson." What if you had a family emergency and had to leave for a few days?" I'm not going to lie to my coach, Bob. I like. "A verysmall Scotch and soda and I will be content to just stand here all nightadmiring you." Show him our bedroom," whispered my subconscious but I ignored her andwent to the sideboard and poured his scotch and a third of a glass ofwhite wine for myself. "Sit down, John," I invited, nodding at thesmaller of my settees, "That's the way, comfortably close and near enoughfor him to throw himself on you," said Miss Subconscious but I continuedto ignore her and sat in the opposite corner with. .. so skimpy.”“Are you forgetting that the last time we were at the beach you wore a bikini. I saw you in that.”“Oh, but Honey, compared to my work outfit that bikini was absolutely modest.”“All the more reason I want to see you in it.”She saw how insistent he was prepared to be. Besides it was nice to know she could still turn a head — even if it was her son’s.“Okay, but how about we go out to Boulder Cove. It’s a bit more secluded.”“Hey, guys see you in that outfit all the time at the.