"Jack, could you please get the grated cheese and salad dressing from the fridge and the wine from the freezer for me?" she asked him. He smiled and g...t them for her, setting them on the table.Before they sat down to eat, Jack took Ariel's hand and handed her the long white box. It was tied with a big red ribbon. She untied it and removed the top of the box. Ariel moved the white tissue paper aside to reveal a dozen long-stemmed pink roses and a small white envelope. Jack said, "Go ahead, read. I thought to myself that this is what a team man looks like. After a minute break he told me to hand him the poppers. I did and he uncapped and inhaled deeply twice. He gave it a second then did it twice more. He had that wild glazed look in his eyes. He offered them to me so I leaned forward and expertly inhaled twice. So high. So horny. So perfect. Then he said to hit it again. I didn't need more, but I wasn't going to disobey so I loaded up again. I leaned on my hands and looked up. The. ‘Presents!’ Seth and David exclaimed together. Jason laughed and dug around in his bag and pulled out several plastic bags. He handed a bag to each of the kids and watched as they pulled out tee-shirt after tee-shirt and other items out of the bag. ‘Thanks dad!’ Marine exclaimed, giving Jason a big hug. ‘Thanks mom!’ she added, shoving everything back in her bag and running off to her room. CHAPTER NINETEEN ‘How are you feeling?’ Melanie asked her sister as Leigh set the oversized table. ‘I’m. As the strand of Dannie's hair slowly wafted downward, the rest of the old man's body continued to reshape itself. His neck changed from a rough tree trunk into a smooth ivory column. His shoulders shifted from broad-yet-stooped to narrow-yet-curved. Large mammary mounds erupted from his chest, dictating new contours across his faded plaid shirt. The fit of his tired, working man's jeans grew tighter and rounder on his hips and rear, while the rest of the jeans sagged about his now shorter.