"I have a favor to ask you, though." What's that?" Mrs. Spencer asked."Don't tell Denise that Danielle used to be a boy." You have our word," Mr. John...on assured the girls."Do you mind if we see Denise for a moment?" Becky asked."Not at all. She's in her room." Thanks."She led Sue upstairs, to Denise's bedroom. They knocked, and a high-pitched voice asked who was there."Becky," Becky said, "and a friend." Come in," Denise said, and the girls entered.Denise, remembering Sue from their date,. Mitch froze, panic filling him. He turned and saw the trucker from the interstate approaching. "Oh, hello," he finally answered."I'm Jim, I think I saw you a few miles back. Just wanted to say you have a sexy hot wife there." He turned and waved at Kelly pumping the gas. She gave a small wave back.'Ummm...thank you," Mitch responded, sounding more like a question than anything."I'm on a run to Knoxville and a sight like that makes the drive worth it." Jim looked at Kelly directly. "You keep on. " Not just me, Cindy," Janet said with a weak grin."Don't tell me Sue's pregnant too," Cindy said."Not Sue," Janet said with a shake of her head, "at least not that I've noticed." You can't mean..." before she could finish what she was going to say Cindy felt her stomach gave a sudden lurch and she had just enough time to lean over the sink before she lost what little she had in her stomach."I told you," Janet said with a weak smile as Cindy washed out her mouth."That wasn't morning sickness,". My thoughts concluded with the sound of a key in the doorlock. I was up, waiting for him to clear the door so I could get the first kiss of the evening. Gosh, I guess I sound silly, but that's okay. The reward is worth it.Stoney drops his computer case beside the sofa and goes into the bedroom to don his sweater for the trip. It's still a little nippy in the springtime, perfect weather for him to wear Mom's gift to her sailing enthusiast son-in-law, a hand knit Norwegian wool fisherman's.