‘Graham? Hello?’ I was brought back to Mary who had a broad grin on her face. ‘You haven’t changed, have you?’ she almost accused me. ‘Alw...ys was a leg man!’ and she laughed. I was caught! I grinned sheepishly. ‘What I see is really stunning, and that’s only the back view.’ Mary became serious. ‘That one? I’m worried about her, very worried. So are a few of the other nurses. She’s a lovely girl, but she’s being bashed about by her boyfriend, if that’s what you’d call him. Comes in with black. "There's one among us who's better suited to do that," he declared, eyeing Paul. "You've got that deep baritone. Let's hear it." Nope," Paul refused. "We've been through this before, haven't we? I don't sing." You did fine with 'Some Kind of Wonderful', didn't you?" Dave countered, pressing the matter. "And this isn't really singing. All you have to do is say 'rolling' a few times. It's like a vocal bass line. Piece of cake. I'd do it if I could."That logic won out, and Paul acquiesced. The. The Wizard wasright; Amy always had had a positive approach to life. She would havewanted him to take whatever opportunity was offered to improve hishealth."Very well, I will give you Amy's hair," Christopher said in a shakyvoice. "It is what she would have wanted. But how much is your treatmentgoing to cost me? You mentioned 'selling'." "I will use the hair for yourtreatment and keep the locket as my payment," the Wizard replied.Tentatively, Christopher unfastened the locket and handed it. " She looked up at me, smiled, and playfully asked, "Is that a banana in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?" I pressed against her and replied, "That, my dear, is not a banana. Now let's go get something to eat" I took her arm, walked her to my car, and we left for a nice Italian place around the corner. After a pleasant dinner, I drove us a short distance to my place. When we got to the door, she turned, hugged me again, whispering, "Are you sure about this?"My hands gravitated to her.