" He froze in mid-pose and looked at his wife. Sora, her arms folded, didn't appear amused. Their neighbour, Janice Kimball, was at least 10 years th...ir senior but she still had a body, and a sex drive, that could do much damage. Hesitantly, Tyler eased from his posing and looked downward and away in silent, sheepish apology. It was probably a good thing that he didn't bother to mention that Janice had come around in a faux-fur Wilma Flintstone costume. Sora arched a fine-trimmed brow. "As. "She had him. All those years, he asked the crucial questions and got, 'Not right now' or 'I've done that before' or 'I'm really too busy -- maybe later' or 'I'm building my career right now.' Lately, it had been, 'Do you really think that's a good idea at your age?' So Mac grew up alone, motherless -- that's how it had been. Maybe, if he'd been fishing in a different pond, he might have found a woman who met his needs -- and maybe not. Now, though, when it was theoretically too late, there was. " Jon, you can't have been listening for the last hour. I've been too shy to meet very many boys, and I agree with Sian that you are one of the nicest men I have ever met. You treated me as a normal human being when we first met on Saturday, and I liked the look of you immediately. I feel completely safe with you. I really enjoyed our time on Sunday; and now I'm over the nervous stage, I want to do it again. My tummy muscles were a little sore on Monday, but I feel fine now. Now stop talking. ’ I state flatly. ‘Good. I was going to kill myself if you were little-miss-church-girl too.’ I start putting crackers on my salad. I pause, ‘What about you? Do you have a religion?’ ‘Nope. I’m an atheist. Why do want to know?’ I respond lightly, ‘I’d kill myself if I was kidnapped by a church boy.’ He chuckles. ‘He’s getting comfortable. ‘Good’ I start eating and so does he. I paused before speaking, ‘I don’t mean to pry but I’m still curious about the favor.’ ‘That will come in time,’ he.