But couldn't show my fright - so smiled at hersuggestion. Thought of an excuse."But... They are kinda flimsy Enid? Kinda cold to be sitting around in?... Why you sly old thing you," she retorted. "You must have known I waskeeping the other things back." The ... the ... 'other' things?" I stammered."Yes! Your matching peignoir and slippers" she said, heading for thecloset. "I was keeping them for some other time, so haven't wrapped themyet, but you don't mind, do you? This way, you'll be all comfy. Tina said that she should not take up the filthy habit. Jessica gave her the wounded animal look. Tina asked if she had ever smoked before. Jessica admitted that she had puffed on one of her mothers cigarettes before but it made her cough. Tina sat back and took another drag, as she mulled over the idea of teaching this girl her how to smoke. Finally she said, Youre going to learn somewhere so I guess I might as well teach you. With that she filled her lungs again and took hold of Jessica by. Last Wednesday night C was at the library studying and Mary came over, knocked on my door and yelled, "Hey Richard, can I come in?"I opened the door and let her in. She walked directly to the couch and plopped down. "What's up Mary?" I asked."Well C is at the library and I was getting a little horny so I thought..." Good idea, in fact great idea," and I took her by the hand and led her up to the bedroom. "Do you feel like a whipping tonight?" I asked."Sure, let's do it!"I opened a drawer and. This was California. We had no intention of actually heating the pool, not through the winter, but we decided we'd stretch it as far as we could.We'd had a quick conversation with Julie after she'd sent us that e-mail about Stephanie."You guys OK with that?"My spouse hugged her."You bet, Julie."On this particular Saturday, Stephanie was over and the two girls had done some work on papers they said they had to finish before the Thanksgiving break. Lee and I had done everything we needed to do.