I stopped and lowered myself down she goes to a closet andbrings out some medical equipment and places it close to the chair."So you're wondering what...all of this is? Well the bags are a salinesolution that is going to be put into the pouches that were put into you acouple of weeks ago. Oh I forgot you don't know about the pouches do you?"She laughs and lifts my right arm and starts to feel around until I feelher kind of tug on something that feels round under my skin. She then putsa long. I hope you like it." Shannon, if I was still working I would insist that you be my executive assistant. People such has you in the business world with your attention to detail are a rarity. You are a marvel. This is something I had thought about buying when I was here."She just loved hearing him say those nice words to her.He thought it was a pleasant drive made more so by Shannon being with him. She directed him to the drive way and told him to press the garage door opener button. After the. She felt lost, abandoned.At home, in Cornwall, out of necessity, many young men and women went into service for a year at a time; she had several relatives who had done that, but here she was little different from the black house slaves or even the rural field hands and so was Matthew. She tried to picture his rough-hewn, freshly-shaved face and failed, able to recall only the breadth of his chest and the stubble on his hard chin. She crawled under her thin quilt and held the cool buttons. Our parents wanted the boys and girls separated after the sixth grade to avoid the distractions of social relationships at school, so we went to separate private prep-schools and had very little social contacts except in public groups. I met Tam at a retro 1950's style chaperoned "sock hop" that students from both Winthrop and Prior schools attended. We hit it off right away. After that, we texted and sometimes talked on the phone but there was little opportunity for dating other than meeting.