, I’ll show you. Just sit there while I clear the table,” I said.So, I got up, cleared the table. Making sure I only touched the club where it was...covered by my jacket, I laid the club on the table in front of her.“Touch it,” I told her, “just be ready for “The Movie”.”“I’m not touching that thing, it’s filthy,” she said.“Of course it’s dirty. It’s been sitting in a cave for the last 200 years,” I replied. “You don’t believe me and the only way you’re gonna know for sure is to touch it. You can. ”“So was it totally awful?” A worry creeping into her voice.“No, no,” I said, “there were some things that were good.”“Go on.”“Seeing you scheming, drawing Eddie in, that was great. I was amazed by that.”“Was it that obvious?”I laughed. “Not to Eddie, that’s what was great about it. The same with Tex, you had him wrapped around your finger. It was like seeing a real pro at work— but that's scary too. I kept thinking I'd never be able to keep up— I'd be out of your league...”She squeezed my hand. He pulled in front of the house and had to admire the neighborhood, it hadn’t changed all that much since he and April used to play in these streets. He ran the door bell and after a minute Candace peaked through the curtain and opened the door. ‘Well, John Smith. What do I owe the pleasure?’ Candace gushed. She was being a little sarcastic, since she missed him and he hadn’t bothered to call in days. ‘April’s not here.’ ‘Hello Candace,’ he said ‘good to see you too. I know. I came to see you.’. ” He turned and walked away. Val turned to me. “Was he checking out my tits?”“I don’t know.”“Don’t give me that, you must have been watching him.”“Well, if he was, he was at least trying to be subtle about it.” I grinned as I looked at her breasts.“What?”I debated telling her that her nipples were really obvious. “Nothing. I’m just happy you’ve come to this decision.”We got the plastic stuff and left the store. On the way home I had her drive, figuring she would want to stop at Jack in the Box.