But I was just thinking about having a baby around and I started getting all squishy.”“Are you still squishy?” Lily asked after she’d kissed m....“Oh, Lily, I wish you could plant a baby inside me.”“Maybe we should go into the guest room so we don’t disturb hubby and let me investigate to make sure all the channels are open and receptive,” she said as she cupped my breast. Oh, God!“I love you. But I think I’d better pick up Emily and go to a museum for a few hours. I’ll see if I can get a ticket. Another record played and another three minutes off the clock. From thecorner of my eye I could see Jayne and Helen watching me, expressions amixture of surprise, encouragement and unspoken threat.Eventually my dream boy looked at me again and I went for it. I flutteredmy mascara covered lashes and gave him my prettiest smile. He saidsomething to his mate and walked towards me. I felt a weird mix ofrelief, elation and abject terror. All kinds of possibilities runningthrough my mind, and not. ‘Don’t worry Mister Johnny, you gonna need her.’ she said turning to leave. ‘If’n she don’t do good you jest call me. I can still whoop her little tail.’ ‘Take care of yourself Lucy,’ I said as she closed the door. Lucy had been with my Aunt when I first began coming to the Breeze. I returned to my cleaning. I stopped around three to go through the rooms again. That time I made a list of which rooms had what furnishings. I tried to call Poppa John’s to order takeout. That’s when I realized, I. Nothing unusual there, but there was no answer to my ringing our door bell so used my house key and found all quiet and no sign of Sarah so assumed she was either in Debs or Franks, apartment as sometimes Frank treated her to a home cooked meal as he liked cooking even more than my wife. I opened a can of beer and sipped it while watching television waiting for Sarah,s return, but before I knew it I,d dozed off and the next I knew it was gone eleven so I went to take a long hot bath, then dried.