Frankly, she's proof of some ofour finest work." You're not kidding?" said Lynne, raising her brows as she looked himover again. "And I'd even agree w...th that assessment just on thesurface, and before she speaks or we kind of look under the covers. Onceyou do that, it's remarkable." Yes, and given just a bit of time, all that will continue to improve,"said Mae. "Even that sweet little voice." She's truly amazing," said Lynne, beaming. "Please keep talkingJustina. I'm dying to hear more." Oh. I had discovered her name was Helen and I stumbled over my words (and felt extremely foolish) as I asked if I could see her again and I could hardly believe my luck when, after she'd thought about it for a few seconds, she replied, "Yes, all right then Clarke, why not? Thank you, I'd like that very much. I've no husband to worry about and I don't suppose you have a wife yet, but even so perhaps we should go somewhere quiet; you know, just the two of us; people might talk, say you are my toy boy. It could have been due to the dozens of barking dogs that acted as early warning systems to advise of interlopers. This was an area where the danger from bad guys was much more of a threat than Charlie.I was being approached by 2 guys on a motorbike. I was immediately suspicious of their intentions because they both had their faces covered. It was a 50/50 deal because a face scarf acted to keep the road dust out of your mouth and nose. I had my .38 inside my pocket with my hand on the trigger.. Please do not repost without permissionA year or so ago we bought a house which happened to have a hot tub sitting on the back patio. The tub hadn't been used for some time - it was drained and winterized, and not that appealing what with the dirt that had accumulated over the years. I didn't have clue-one how to work it, and had heard horror stories about how hard it was to keep the chemicals balanced so you didn't start an algae farm or some such thing. I thought about selling it, but.