Everything else is B.S. and you know it. Stop fucking around and tell Jessica what you think. You can be so damn dense sometimes.’ ‘It’s not tha... simple…’ I began. ‘Why not?’ Sarah interrupted. ‘She’s a great girl. She’s sexy, witty, the complete package. You get along well and there’s obvious chemistry. So what’s the problem?’ ‘She’s young,’ I offered. Cindy raised an eyebrow. Incredulously Sarah inquired, ‘Is that really bothering you now?’ ‘Not really, but there are lots of guys her own. B.” Frank heard the feathery voice greet him.She stifled a giggle as he pretended to look up from his palm. Sliding the rough darkly tan hand from his cheekbone, he bunched his fingers into the left pocket of his slacks. Then he allowed his eyesight to fall on the whole sight of her. Calmly, he cleared his throat.“Hello, Kelly,” he greeted back with as less expression on his face and in his voice that he could muster.“Have you come to pick up Danielle today?” she asked in her simple feathery. " "I wouldn't, right now. She was leaving on a date with David." Rosefluttered her eyelashes and sighed out the name. She "heard" a giggle atthe edge of her awareness. "Ah... yes, well... ah," her father stuttered. "Maybe I should wait andask her during the weekend."He was saved by the bell, when Tara's friends arrived to pick her up.After the usual last minute exchange of instructions and assurances, shewas gone. Dinner went quickly, with the usual exchanges about their days and theirweekend. ” “There many stories and fables about why we wear them.” “Some believe that the earring hung in a pierced ear lobe improves their eyesight, a valuable gift for someone on the high seas.” “Others, cleave to the notion that the earring is payment for a man who would find and bury their body and this bit of gold is payment for that service.” “Still others believe that they will take it with them in death and barter their way into the afterlife with a bit of gold.” “I think they’re all dumb.