Dom left town to start his career as a ballplayer. We would talk every night and he would get back to town as often as he could. When he was in town i... was a magical whirlwind. We, of course wanted to be together as much as possible, but there were other demands as well. Both our families wanted to see us as much as possible although in Da’s case I think it was mainly to complain about Dom’s career choice and, what Da perceived as Dom’s lack of earning potential. Dom would always just smile at. The cellar in my mother's house was dark, cold and uninviting. Yearsago it had been used to hold coal for the fire and stove, the coal wasdumped down a sluice and stored in a large wooden coffer. Remnants ofthe dust sometimes stained my hands when I went down there which wasn'toften. It was filled with old furniture and mouldy old clothes andsmelled of mildew and mouse turds."Follow me," she said without any preamble as she got out of chair andstrode down the small hallway to the cellar. Leah grinned, but went a little pink.“Use the bedroom if you like,” she offered. There was no reason Zanz couldn’t have taken them off right here of course, as we all knew.“Thanks,” Zann stood up, still without smoothing her skirt. “I bet you have some nice clothes.”“They might not be revealing enough for you.”“What sort of things have you got?”“Is this your idea of being subtle?”“Yes sorry. Which is the bedroom?”Leah gave in and stood up. “I’ll show you, but you’d better behave.”“We can swap. About eleven years ago I went to the doctor for a regular visit and he found a nodule that was tested and found to be a form of cancer. I’ve had many tests and this may or may not eventually kill me. The doctor re-tests me every year and, at the moment ... all is well.”“Your mother knows all about it – from the beginning. She says we must ‘live our lives.’ That’s a contributing reason why we decided to finally go on our Around the World Cruise. It might be our best, last chance.”“With the.