Getting involved would probably result in an ugly confrontationand for what? Technically, the man wasn?t doing anything wrong. She was just aCELT.Not ...nly that, this was a public place. If shewas in real trouble, all she needed to do was to ask for help, just give us asign. Someone would help her. But uninvited, no; people in crowds just didn?tact that way. No one wanted to interfere, to look foolish. Certainly not me;I?d spent my entire life hanging back to avoid public mistakes.This was. Now after so many years Iwas going to phone him up and ask him to come fill in my holes, and do somepainting.The phone call seemed to go fine, why wouldn't it. Like most tradesmen heused a mobile, so after the initial call he kept in contact by text.Sending one an hour before he arrived. I felt nervous to say the least. Itwas like being back in school I was getting nerves in my stomach justbecause someone was coming to do some DIY. Yes the other factor was thatthe person was hot.Matthew's van. " I didn't know he fished." So you didn't know he was taking me?" No. Why?" We didn't do any fishing." That sounds more like Paul. So fishing is a euphemism for playing with your boobs?" No, it was a way for him to tell me that he had lived before. When I got mad I couldn't leave."Alice froze. She didn't say anything."It's OK Alice, he told me you know. He said that was the secret the two of you had. Well he didn't say that was the secret, but if it's not the secret then I don't want to know. I’d protect her from harm, no matter what. One by one, they came to kiss me and Melody on the cheek. Well, Jason patted me on the shoulder because we’re guys. That’s the guy equivalent of a long hug and a promise to drop everything and come running. Never let anyone tell you that guys don’t feel. We just tend to express it without words. It’s funny. Use minimalist expression in a piece of art and women stare at it and dig for the meaning but use it in a conversation between guys and women growl.