‘So, we…?’ ‘Yes. I can’t believe I’m getting married to her. Jim, there’s no way I’m ever going to forget what you’ve done for me. ... can’t believe I was so damn stupid all those years. God!’ ‘Well, great, but I’ve got to sell everything first or there’s not enough money to do it. ‘Ah, here we are.’ The two men walked into the real estate office and shook hands with Bill Mines. William Mines Realty, Los Angeles In the middle of January, Bill Mines telephoned, representing aircraft companies. B & B Package Express. I arched an eyebrow, but she ignored me.I pulled in and parked. Tami smiled and went in. Through the front window I watched her go in and talk to the woman at the counter. Tami showed her her driver's license and came out a minute later with a small package.She got back in the van and pulled the seat belt across her, with the package on her lap. It was a little bigger than a paperback book and had her name on the UPS label:TAMI SHARPCare ofB & B PACKAGE EXPRESSLINCOLN. ." and she stopped talking then, and we began moving — each of us trying to find the place, the angle, the position. When the mutual movements put things where they needed to be, there was a frozen moment when we both stopped, knowing we were at the point of no return."Ilesa," I groaned."Huhh!" She answered, but it was the result of her hips pushing herself down the rest of the way, pushing my hardness into her and past the resistence. "Oooh!"We both froze again. There were some definite. As she neared the end of town, she noticed a small art supply shop and stopped, buying a sketch book, some watercolours, and charcoal, along with an artist's sketch pencil, settling them on the seat, glancing with a vague awareness that it had been too long since she'd had time to paint. The last painting was of him as he slept, in muted shades of blue and grey, the colours playing around his features in repose. The sky emerged through the long night behind her, bright and warm for late spring,.