She simply worked her way over and began to dancewith him, practically shoving the other woman out of the way. His reaction was comical,he opened his ...outh to complain then suddenly lost his rhythm as his eyes tracked hermagnificent body from bottom to top. Maire could sense the other woman radiating outrage,but she knew when she was outclassed, and on elook at her partner's face confirmed thedefeat. She had no choice but to slink away into the crowd. They danced for twenty minutes or so,. . almost. I asked her if she would like to have dinner that night and she accepted. I went off to sleep away the afternoon after we agreed to meet for dinner. Ah, siesta; the Mexicans know a good thing.At dinner, we talked mostly about the trip around the world and where I was going. It was as if the afternoon was hers and the evening was mine. Laurie loved the idea of flying across Africa. I think she imagined something from Out of Africa with Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixson flying along. .. That’s so ... Real...” She looks up at the camera and smiles, “This is really happening...”We cut to a shot of her sitting on the ground, propped up on her elbows, flattened grass around her bottom, her knees wide apart and up in the air, feet flat on the grass. She’s already holding a glistening brown trout – which wriggles around in her hands, doing its best to get away from her and back to the water, gasping hard for air.She looks up at us and checks, “Do I just start now?” – and once she. Thirty minutes later I met my son in the hallway. He was all dressed up as if he were going to meet a woman.“Who’s the lucky babe whose going to be holding onto you tonight son?” I asked smiling.“There’s no woman dad, just thought I’d put the boat out a little.”“A little, Christ son if that’s a little then what’s a lot?”“Do you think I’ve over done it then?”“Nah, just kidding son.”“On the other hand,” Graham said, “You never know y’ luck.”“Y’ sure don’t son and if y’ get lucky, be careful, you.
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