Jesse did well, and his team won 8-5. I’d gotten used to the crazy number of goals that could be scored, a far cry from the usual four or five total...goals scored in a typical NHL game.One thing was certain, Birgit’s comment about ‘stinky boys’ was absolutely spot on when it came to hockey players. Jesse positively reeked when he got into Josie’s car. His gear, equally smelly, was in the trunk. Even airing it out and spraying it with deodorizer didn’t make much difference.“How can one kid stink. ”Baby Girl went with me, and when we arrived, she jumped up beside Sheldon and squeezed tightly against him, as if she were willing him to survive. Once he realized his best friend was with him, he cuddled against her, relaxed, stopped fighting the fight that took so much out of him each day, and quietly died.Just like that, I was alone again.It was a good thing I had Baby Girl. She might be pushing ten, but her heart was the heart of a champion, and her love sustained me through those dark. Leaning further down, his lips were on hers in a light, brushing kiss. Waves of gooseflesh rippled over her as his chest was on hers with a warm gentle pressure. The stiff tips of her nipples tingled even harder and stabbed into the man above her. Just soaking in the feel of him, her hands roved over his back, reveling in the smoothness of his skin and the roll of his muscles beneath.His lips moved away for an instant, then he was back. His tongue teased invitingly at her lips until they parted. From the creek to the south was where a majority of the buildings and house were. The hill rose steeply from the south side of the creek and crested only fifty yards away, where it began to slope to the south again.The house sat on or more correctly "in" the crest of the hilltop. The main shed and greenhouse sat further up the slope to the West, nearly against the western wall. This was the highest point on the property. The rest of the buildings sat over the hilltop, safely out of sight from.