BethAnn took over the kitchen, happy to be in the company of a good friend.That evening after supper, BethAnn returned the books that Brianna had borr...wed, then went through the titles on Colin's shelf, picking out a couple Anne McCaffrey novels to replace the ones she'd brought back. Later, they spent the evening just holding each other, content to be together again. Only when his eyes started to droop did he suggest that they call it a day and head for bed."I was almost expecting to see. Meanwhile Jim had really taken up fishing, with Ian playing as a father figure and though in the last few weeks he had had May each Saturday after the fishing, He seemed preoccupied all the time, and it had never been quite as magnificently consummated as on that first occasion.Thus, it was that it was on the Tuesday after she had worked her notice, that Wendy appeared for ‘morning coffee.’ They sat a little quietly Wendy on the sofa and May in the armchair between them a strange air of who. Later that day, Evie told me that her friend, Jo, was coming up to meet her that evening. This Jo, I found out, was the rather butch looking woman I'd seen her with at lunch times. I felt a little pang of jealousy that Evie would be spending the evening with another woman and not me. Evie made me promise that I would not say a word to Jo about what we'd got up to.The evening came and Jo turned up at about seven thirty. She met Evie and me in the bar. I had a chance to get a better look at her.. I am usually not much of a drinker, but I hate being alone. After I took a long hot bath and then came down here.” I noticed that her eyes wandered slowly over my body as I was speaking, but I didn’t really think anything of it.Jessica told me that the bar may start filling up around eight but Mondays were usually a slow night. Since it was right at the airport, she said that a lot of the airlines put up their pilots and flight attendants there. “So there may be a few good looking men and women.