"Oh, I just have a little something to take care of," she told me mysteriously. "It's nothing big." Fair enough," I replied, feeling mild curiosity at...what that "little something" might be. But we talked no more on the subject.She came over to my house about an hour later than usual. Dad was already home by then so we did nothing but study and exchange kisses on the porch as she was leaving.As January wound onward Nina and I got together as much as we could. Usually it was at my house to study. Here I turn to one of the more esoteric aspects of woman. Dare I say it in the twenty first century? At the risk of having the feminist lobby pour scorn upon me, I feel I must say it. There are women, even now, who are made for and long to produce offspring. Had Jana been confronted with such a statement she might well have denied it, unless of course the production had been in collusion with the long gone Guy. She had in fact often wished that their brief sexual encounter had produced a. Obviously this had been Richard and he had been everything I had hoped for and more. ‘Shall we take a walk?’ He asked as he offered his hand to me like the gentleman that he was. Totally unable to force words out I again simply smiled and accepted his offered as I placed my hand into his. His grip was firm yet tender which instantly made me feel like the queen of the world. I felt both as feminine as I had ever felt and as protected as I could have ever hoped to be. The moment had been. ”To be honest I was a little bit miffed at the fact more men who had never met me where now joining us.This soon disappeared as the three guys were very charming and Jono in particular was very handsome.Harry and Tam were both retired, senior police officers who had worked with Jim.Harry what about 6 ft tall, slim with grey hair, and about fifty eight years old and very distinguished looking. Tam was much shorter at about 5 ft 8, about a year or two older at maybe sixty and carrying a few extra.