As I pushed the buttons on the panel over the stove, I thought, ‘She said she loved me’.I went to the master suite, passing by the bed and reminde... myself to change the sheets. I was soaked when I woke up this morning. Not only that, but my pillow was pretty yucky. I’m fairly sure my nose ran a bit as I was crying. Sheets. I needed to change the sheets.The shower felt good. Mowing the entire yard in one day was a lot. Not too much to handle, but I usually broke it up, doing the back on Saturday. ‘The only thing that might be of concern is Jim’s blood doesn’t have some of the antibodies that a modern man’s does. But as long as Jim isn’t exposed to today’s germs like the flu and a handful of others it shouldn’t cause a problem.’ Charley suggested that Jim get out of the house and get more exercise so Lewis had brought him to Cole’s to get Jim some clothes. A man ought to have his own things to wear, Lewis thought. Jim needs his own shoes or boots among other things. Those sneakers I gave. The contact jolted me out of my self-pity and allowed me to focus again. I looked around and saw sympathetic looks on everyone’s faces. In the time I had been dwelling on things, they had conducted their searches and returned.“We have checked the four involved with taking Lillian,” Janet said softly, her voice full of compassion. “We only recognize two of them as being from the town, while two are from elsewhere. The two we did recognize worked for the stable master. I believe we will need to. I tried hiding my body but I couldn't. He saw everything I had been doing."Jimmy, go to your room and I'll be there in a few minutes to talk with you"He stared at my naked body, looking confused."Jimmy, go!"He ran off to his bedroom.I threw my clothes on and went to have a talk with him."Jimmy, what you saw was perfectly natural. I haven't been with a man in so long and when a woman doesn't have a man, she uses her fingers to give her pleasure" I explained.He didn't say a word"Jimmy, honey, are.