”Happy to hear that she was feeling better, Ed stood up and said, “He’ll take care of you for now. He’s a great watch cat.”As she turned her...attention back to the cat, Ed returned to the store. The man was lying very still on the floor, afraid to move. Standing with arms crossed, Ling watched the man for any trace of movement. Leaning on the counter, John looked bored and asked, “When are the police getting here?”Checking his watch, Ed answered, “Another five minutes.”There was a muffled croak. I stretch my arm out and give you a friendly wave, and you relax. More than relieved, you rise from the water to let me see you in all your naked perfection, and you feel aroused when you see my moment of rapt attention, and know that I am aroused too. You watch anxiously as I thread my way barefoot down slippery rock crevices, and draw closer to you. As I stand upon the edge of an out-cropping, you see my whole body for the first time, no longer haloed by the glare of the sky. You see my. I froze. 'Had I done something wrong? Misread the signals? Had she not wanted me to kiss her?'She must have seen the worried look on my face because she giggled and told me not to worry. She took my hand and whispered, “Come on. Let’s go for a walk.”We walked outside. Edinburgh was having an Indian summer and the late September night was warm. Elspeth had wrapped a white cardigan around her shoulders then held my hand as we walked and talked as we strolled across a patch of grass by the. “What do you want to study?”“I was thinking about really learning to cook. I can just about muddle by in the kitchen and I know you don’t like to cook, and of course you aren’t going to have the time anyway.”Wishes giggled.“You mean I can’t cook don’t you?”“Can’t cook, don’t like to cook, I think it probably amounts to the same thing. If you enjoyed cooking you would have picked up more than a takeaway menu.” I said laughing, I got hit with a cushion for my troubles.On Friday I signed up for a.