But one day, he came back. He was smiling and seemed happy and eager. ‘I have a surprise for you!’ he said. He drove us to the country and showed ...s his surprise: he had built the most beautiful house in the world. It was a white, two-story house with thirty acres of farmland. It had an enormous gazebo. It also had a white picket fence. The front yard had a beautiful garden filled with roses, orchids, eglantines, tulips, and daisies. There were several apple trees adorning the freshly cut. ’ In the dim star light she could see the genuine smile that spread across his face. ‘Yes, Ma’am. I mean Esther. But I think you should call me Michael.’ ‘Now that we have the introductions out of the way, shut up and kiss me, Michael.’ ‘Yes, Ma’am,’ he started to say. ‘Shit,’ he cursed. ‘Yes, Esther,’ he corrected as his lips curled into a grin. *** Esther stood in the walkway. Dressed in the black flowing skirt, white ruffled shirt and bright red vest, her hair was hidden beneath the golden. ” He looked up at the sky and said, “It’s suppose to rain later today so you’ll have to work fast to get her in the barn.”“Well, the wagon is all hitched up so we’re ready to go,” I said.“Good,” her grandfather said. “I’ll be in the other field planting the winter wheat before the rain comes so I’ll see you all at lunch.”“Hop in the truck, Charlie. Let’s get started,” I said, smiling at her.“Just a minute,” she said and ran to her truck and came back wearing a cowboy hat that somehow made her. "I missed you, too," I told her truthfully. "Did you get enough blackcock?" "For a while," Kate told me laughing. "Lance was a lot of fun. Did youlike fucking Connie?" I told her that Connie was a lot of fun, too. For the next two weeks we did the tourist thing in almost every Floridahot spot. We managed to work ourselves back to Daytona by the end of thesecond week. "You're going to have to go back to work in a few days," Kate said. Wewere sunning by the motel's swimming pool. Kate.