I caught her and said, Slow down girl. Don’t push too hard our first day. You are putting a hurting on this old man.’ She slacked off to a nice sl...w jog. Her Sports bra was wet but she was running along easily. I ran beside her. She smiled, ‘You are good.’ ‘You too!’ We ran another hundred yards and I told her if we started walking we would cool out about right by the time we got to the house. That is what we did. When we got back We stretched out again. I said, ‘Dianne, I love having you run. Tyrone had this habit of making her go down on him almost anywhere,and he liked parking ramps, where she would get runs in her nylons, and complaining to me sometimes that same night when she went out with me later. It was kind of a tricky arrangement but I knew eventually thatshe would get dumped or wise up to the Tyrones, so I hung in there, andsure enough, I thought I had won. My suspicions aroused I checked her out real close that night. Herknees were a little chafed, and when we got. .. if you promise to leave me alone and not to touch me anymore."Mark rolled his eyes, "Geez Nena, what do you think that we are? Animals?"John, Scott and Doug quickly made eye contact, their knowing eyes communicating their covert intentions. They turned and looked at Nena apologetically. John said, "We're sorry for letting things ... get outa' control. We just got a little carried away, that's all." He smiled at her flirtatiously. "You are very attractive you know."Nena felt like a. It reminded me of something I could not press my finger to. The tune was the same Dedan had sung in his story. I did not understand a word of it save her name in the final line. Nevertheless I felt the draw of it, inexplicable and insistent. As if an unseen hand had reached into my chest and tried to pull me into the clearing by my heart. I resisted. I looked away and set one hand against a nearby tree to steady myself. Behind me I heard Marten murmuring, No no no, in a low voice as if he were.