"Lisa, Lisa!" I had to shout at her to get her attention, "Look at me. How many times did you screw around with them?"Without looking up, she said, "C...aig, he, he came around a couple of times after that. But then you started telling me what players they were and talked about everything they did. I got scared and I told both of them not to come over anymore."Now I was really wondering if at any time in our marriage she had been faithful to me. I sat there thinking about it. Taking a shot in the. I am weak. Sheela whispers in my ear, 'Tell her how grownup she looks'.'You are growing up so fast, Keri'. 'Such a pretty woman you will be'.'Ask her if she likes to kiss', devil Sheela tells me.'Have you kissed a boy yet, Keri'. 'Don't be embarrassed'. 'It is natural to be curious and do it'.I have your attention now. You say, 'No, but I have been curious'.'Would you like to see what it is like', I ask?'We don't have to tell Linda about it'.You look at Sheela. She says, 'I wish my dad had. "Do you have time to help me with a couple of other things I'm too small to reach?" Sure, Cassie," Derrick said. "I'm not busy. By the way, I live next door if you need help with stuff. I'll be around most of the summer." Cool," Cassie said. She could already think of a couple of things she could use Derrick's help with. She led him into the house and down the hallway. "Can you change the light bulb? It went out and even with a ladder I can't reach it."A small smile crept across Cassie's face. "What were your grades this semester?" Harry asked the question, smiling."Straight-A's," Lenore said proudly."Then that's good enough," he replied, just as proudly."Gunny," she said later, as they stood on the deck overlooking the trellises stretching up the hillside, "I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. This is like a fairytale Christmas." Shh," he rumbled, as she turned to him and pressed her face between his chin and collarbone. "It's a ... what do you call it? An interlude, I think.