D'ya think she's THAT smart? And why would she do it?" I don't know how smart she is, but I don't think that's the limiting term. I don't know if she ...ade a conscious effort, that's all." I'm afraid to ask," Anita said. "Might be some kind of magical thing, where if you ask, you break the spell." Oh, Lord," I said. "Now we're talking about magical powers. That means..." Cindy," Anita said."Nikki was always talking about Cindy at the end of last school year. Remember? We met her and the others. My grandson, Brian, visits me frequently and knows his way around the home. Today he thoughtfully brought me a hot cup of coffee. I always enjoyed Brian’s visits, but I often wondered why his wife rarely came with him. I understand that my two grandkids didn’t have much interest in visiting me. Our relationship was much better when I was younger, so were they. As teenagers, there are too many things they would rather do than sit and talk to a really, really old man.Brian pulled up a chair and. "Calvin stared."And Calvin," Robbie added, "drop another easy fly ball 'cause you're one-handing it, and I'll kick your balls into your sinus cavity."I put my arms around both girls and walked them toward the stairs up to Robbie's room, which, coincidentally, was right next to mine.Calvin was still staring.Top of the seventh. Down by two. Two outs and nobody on. And Sims steps to the plate.Normally a good thing, but not this weekend. I think I was batting about one-twenty-five for the. (That's another story I'll have to share.) I always chalked my otherwise pristine record of pulling out and 'the pill,' to my never having gotten a woman pregnant (until I was trying to years later w/my wife).But as fate would have it shortly after viewing that '76 flick, Bel Amie, I had the good fortune of meeting a very hot girl named Liz, at a popular bar at my college and having her back to my apartment. Yes, we had sex that night and fortunately, as was my custom, my night table lamp.