Now, I’ve seen bathroom scales before in a hotel, but even your scales are nicer, so I stepped on them the first night, as I did last night. Funny, ...hen I weighed this afternoon, I had lost ten pounds in two days. That little trot up the road and back didn’t do that much, even though it should have about killed me. But I felt fine afterwards. Why don’t you just tell me... ?”“I can’t, Fred. I really can’t.”“So you want me to close my eyes?”“Yeah.”“Done.”It didn’t even cross Jeff’s mind that his. Jones, a high school teacher, one of the chaperones! I wasshaking in my boots, but she was very kind and gentle. I doubt shecaught wise because all she said was, "This too shall pass, dear. Don'tlet him bring you down."She helped fix my makeup and then gave me a hug and sent me back outthere. In the girls' john I could have run into any of the many kids Iknow who might have recognized me, and what could I have done then ?!Guess I was just lucky.Bobby was waiting for me. "Feeling better now?" he. "Those prospects wouldn't happen to involve a very unconventional young woman with a six-year-old little boy, now would they?"I looked at her. She didn't look hostile, only interested."What would make you think that?" I asked."Ohhh, little things, I guess," she said carelessly. "Like how her little investigative trip was only supposed to last a week, but she called right in the middle of it and asked if I'd keep Spencer a little longer. She said she'd run into something very interesting and. But David persisted in referring to the store as her"little hobby." We had our best week yet," she said, hiding her annoyance. Then,shifting the subject: "I bet it's nice that you're so busy again." I'll say," David said with a nod. "Haven't had four houses going at oncein more than three years."They talked for a few more minutes before heading out, David to check onhis job sites, Diane to make her regular stop at a nearby cemetery beforeheading to the Twin Pines Mall where her shop was.