Linda is last to get on the bus, and she tells the driver, “I’m going in with Dad’s boss today so I can show him where the school is,” and get... off again. This is so the driver won’t worry about her not riding in with the rest of them.Ernie follows the bus to its next stop and he passes it while it slows down. When they get to the nearby town school he parks opposite the bus stop so the driver can see they did come to the school. Linda leads Ernie into the school administration area and he. It was hard to think of Jeff's food as a snack, no matter what he said."I can't believe you eat that much and don't gain weight," Caitlin said, eyeing the diminishing food on Jeff's plate. "And don't even start with the seven wives routine."Jeff grinned at her. "I'm just a growing boy," he sniggered, taking another bite.The security computer chimed and switched to the Sheriff's car as it turned into the driveway. As the camera focused on the Sheriff's face, Jeff supplied his name for the. I was mistaken then. You were looking at those two men in there like a wounded bear.’ A lovesick bear was more like it but he wasn’t going to admit it to her. She would have taken off in the other direction. It wasn’t fair, he thought. This was not a time in his life for her to come along. She had a long life ahead of her, a lot of possibilities, and she wasn’t about to get tangled up with an old warhorse. And he knew it wasn’t just a need for her body although he was starting to ache for her,. ‘Oh my God, do you feel that?’ Her mouth opened slightly as in amazement, as she put the strange question to me. And then, as on cue, I did indeed feel a charge of energy go through me. While it wasn’t really physical, it was like a low-level electric shock. It was in her eyes, in her smile and in the fingers of the hand that finally took mine and held it. We said nothing, but the handshake became a hug and the embrace lasted either a second or a lifetime- I’m not sure which. At that moment,.