Kerry is only 5'6'' but I could see, with that comment she was physically growing; she glanced at me and gave me a very mischievous smile. Once inside...we were introduced to a few of the guests and then left to mingle.After going to the kitchen to get us a refill, I returned to find Kerry was engaged in deep conversation with the couple we had seen from our window earlier, as I approached, and for the first time I realized that because the side slit on her dress went right up to her waist band. “I want to taste your interpretation of fine wine.”She considered for a moment, then walked over to the kitchen sink, filling a glass with water. She brought it back to the table and placed it in front of him, and he lifted it to take a sip.“Yep, that’s tap water alright,” he said as he set the glass down. “What happens now? Do I need to do anything?”He felt a sudden warmth come over him, as if he had been wrapped in a blanket, penetrating deep into his bones. He glanced at Nahash, and her. ”Jo collected a basket from the jeep. “We brought these as a ‘thank you’”, she said as she handed the basket to Mrs Calhoun.We’d thought long and hard about taking a present with us. We wanted it to be something they’d enjoy but not too ostentatious. Jo was the one to come up with the idea we went with. We were pretty sure the Calhouns were largely self-sufficient in fruit and vegetables but it was probably boring, being limited to what would grow on the mountain. So we put together a basket of. I invited her to sit down and signalled to the waitress. ‘I’m glad to see you again,’ she said. ‘Are you going to become one of my regulars?’ ‘I don’t know,’ I said. ‘I guess it depends.’ ‘On what?’ ‘On you,’ I said. ‘Did you call the studio?’ ‘Yes, I did,’ she replied. ‘I talked to a woman named Carol. I told her what you said, and she invited us to a party. It sounds pretty wild, I don’t know. . .’ ‘Did you ask Stick?’ ‘Yes. He was sort of bummed. I guess he figured they wanted a cripple.