The shop keeper was a man probably in his early fifties., balding and with a salt and pepper moustache. He had a good physique...obviously took care o... himself. He told us he was about to close but to take our time as he had things to do before he locked up for the night. We looked around and found some things for purchase. As he sold us the merchandise we made small talk. He asked if we lived in the area and we told him we did. He said he lived nearby with his wife. He said he loved her but. But it madehim a better man. Even when Ev was a big boy of twelve or fourteen, Miss Truncheonsupervised his television time, and made him go to bed at seven-thirty eachnight. Even after Everett became a junior varsity quarterback, he couldn'tcelebrate the games he won with the fellows at a bowling alley, and of courseparties were verboten. In bed, seven-thirty sharp. When Everett was asked out by Cheryl Willis, the head cheerleader, to goto the movies, Miss Truncheon had accompanied them, and. Carol had been attending to a family emergency in Edmonton for three weeks and was expected to be away for another three. Although Don and I were spending more time together during Carol’s absence, it was usually at his place or the local watering hole and Jean said we should invited him for a home-cooked meal. He arrived on time with a bottle of wine in hand and we enjoyed an excellent dinner together. Jean said she needed to finish a report and would join us in the den if she could finish in. Having just met her on the beach, he was tongue-tied by her beauty. Even with her just wearing her blue bikini and a pair of flip flops, she looked like she came from money. In the way she carried herself, he could tell that she was rich. Someone who looked like her had to be rich. Not wanting her to leave, not ever wanting her to leave, and wanting this day to last forever, he wanted to engage her in small talk to learn more about her. Who was she? What was her name? Where does she live? Does.