Paul couldn't help touching her long, chestnut brown hair, stroking its silky smoothness."You didn't really forget, did you?" Nikki continued. "How I ...old Kim how great you were, and ... well, she just couldn't resist finding out if it was true." It was true, very true," Kim said softly, kissing his belly.Paul looked from Nikki to Kim, then back to Nikki. "But those guys, your boyfriends, at your place yesterday." Were did you get that idea?" Nikki asked, raising her voice. "There weren't any. In fact, had he and Sally been certain that the card was as accurate as this, he could have come in on the Saturday morning, but better safe than sorry. All he had to do now was to find a room for one night. Tomorrow, a bit of shopping for Delia. In the afternoon, meet Ethel at the shop, just like last time.He wasn't looking forward to that part of it at all. He would have to go into the shop, down the steps into the back room, find Ethel crying, find Royal Garden Blues and put it on the. We sat in the fine restaurantoverlooking the ocean and made short work of our offerings. Life wasindeed perfect."OK, so everybody has to be good at something," Sam said as heacknowledged my victory over him. "Just remember WHO the ski ball champ is," I replied. He smiled agrateful smile at me. "I love you Joan," he said with tears in his eyes. I took his hands in myown and kissed them tenderly. "Sam, you mean the world to me," I replied with total sincerity. We spent the rest of the afternoon. I try to say that. You don’t have to belong here. You don’t have to belong anywhere. As long as you have been baptized and believe in Christ, you are welcome at our table, really at His table.”“I just feel so dirty.”“Because of the rape?”“Yes.”“Well that isn’t a theologically valid reason. My usual line is that communion is a medicine for sin; it isn’t a feast for the sinless. That doesn’t really apply to your case, because what makes you hesitate isn’t your own sin. It’s more what Jesus said,.