’ ‘She liked you. I could tell. It was how she looked at you. She looked at you how I look at you.’ ‘Is this where you tell me that I am an at...ractive man despite my age?’ ‘You are an attractive man,’ she smiled a bit, ‘despite your age.’ ‘So are you,’ I said, ‘attractive. But you’re a woman,’ my eyes flashed to her splendid legs, ‘obviously.’ Barbara is very direct. It is a reason I love her. ‘Do you find me attractive despite my age?’ she asked with some asperity. It was like perfect timing.. Eventually we boarded the smaller jet and took off on time. I was still in first class so I had a wide window seat that let me look out on London as we passed over it and then the English countryside. We landed without mishap and, as promised, a driver was waiting for me at the luggage carrousel. He was just a normal guy in jeans and a tee-shirt but was holding a cardboard sign with my name on it. I grabbed my duffel bag and walked up to him."Hi, I'm Mike," I said."Hey, I'm Stan from the driver. I pointed to them as if to say I told you so to Mary and Sarah. The colonel rode right up to the big porch."Am I ever glad to see you and those men. I've had a hard time keeping Mary and Sarah from starting on the heavy stuff," I said."Sarah can be headstrong sometimes and I'm sure she was the ringleader. It looks like you're making good progress though," he said."Only because I didn't let them bring anything but the Clancy's wagon so far. Once we have it empty we can take it and my big wagon. I'm on my feet a lot and I need my rest. It's not like I don't enjoy giving her some physical attention. I'd be a worthless husband if I thought only about my needs, but I needed to restore some balance. That's exactly what I told myself.Well, she didn't think too much of the idea. In fact, she froze me out for a couple of days. I might be a little slow, but I ain't a moron. I kept that particular idea buried deeper than a cousin with too many lines on the family tree. A couple of months down.