" "I know you are honey and I appreciate it." Barb stroked Lee's hair. God, she really loved this young woman. At the same time she felt a flash of je...lousy and not a little bit of anger at Ellie. Who was this other woman who had cast away Lee and hurt her to now come back into her life, and maybe between her and the woman who had fallen in love with her? She guided Lee to the couch visitors could wait on and sat down, taking Lee's hands in hers. She took a deep breath. "Sweetheart, I've. He had that size where nothing fit---I called it med and a half, lol. Between the brick red tan, and the flashing white smile as he stepped off the last step, I thought I was going to cream right there. I wondered if this was how people saw me for the first time. Except for the 5 year span, we were almost twins. He never got quite as big as me—but only inches behind. Coming in at an even 6', and 175 lbs. The boxing kept him super slim, only 4% body fat, but still poppin muscles everywhere. He. On the twelfth of August Tom and I both happened to be off work so we decided to make a whole day of it. We packed food, donned bathing suits under our other clothes, and headed for the state park. The day was quite hot - high near ninety - and the shallow bay had warmed enough by then to allow swimming without coming out covered with ice. We swam. We lay in the sun on the small sand beach. We cooked hamburgers for lunch. After lunch we lay in the sun, resting some more for a while and then. Once we got to the barn, we went inside and Coy walked all the way back where the hay bales were. There was a lot of them stacked up neatly for the season coming up soon. I followed him back there, and touched his back as he reached for the bale of hay. He froze, and then slowly turned around to face me. He knew what I wanted, but he looked scared. I don't know if was because he knew my father would kill him, or because I was barely shy of seventeen years old. Probably both. I told him.