Nothing remarkable – and so I told him.He shook his head, smiling apologetically. “No, I mean, are you looking forward to having one of your own?�...�I looked hard at Lindy, sitting there with an expression of great innocence on her face, but her eyes were alert, and she was following the conversation.“I don’t think there’s any danger of that happening to me,” I said. “Maybe when Lindy hooks up with a suitable young man...”Herman looked from me to Lindy and back to me. “I thought this weekend was. ..”“AND... ?” I asked.“Well he’s kinda stuck in a situation of his own,” he said.“Tell me everything!” I said.Over the next hour or so my father told me everything he’d been through in trying to get Kevin to come home. He’d handled it clumsily, but what did I expect?I took a deep breath and coughed several times.“Do you need a pill?” he asked.“Daddy, I’m done with the pills,” I said. “I think I need to try to get up!”“Theresa, you’re not...” he began.“Daddy, my last surgery was more than six. It was about two-thirty when the last of the three packs was sealed up. Each one weighed about thirty pounds. The contents were a mix of games, clothing and a few gift items. I looked at them and smiled. For the first time since the pickups were announced, I felt like I was moving forward rather than allowing time to pass.I headed off to shower while the ladies got dressed. Beatrice announced that dinner would arrive at four and that we would want to leave for the theater before five to find. She kept on kissing me as I felt her unbutton my shirt and slide it down off of my arms. I wasn’t wearing anything under my shirt, and the warming air encompassed my flesh. She took hold of my hands, placed them on her hips and ran my hands along her soft curves. My fingers traced their way from her delicate shoulders, under the curve of her bust, and down to the sides of her shapely hips. Not breaking the kiss, she took my hands, raised them over my head and wrapped them around something.