Four times, get it?) who mows my lawn in the summer was doing so on a really hot day last August. He had his shirt off as he did so, and I was ten tim...s hotter than the actual temperature as I watched him. Furiously fingering myself, I would have gotten off if it hadn’t been for the barking of Snoopy, the stupid fucking dog he brings everywhere. (Christ, it’s not even a beagle, it’s a german shepard!) Anyway, I realized that masturbating just wasn’t gonna do it for me: I had to have Ricky’s. I've been TOO protected — two brothers in the house... People think things. Men stay away. I'm thirty four — and men haven't made demands on me for a long time..." You're thirty four?" I blurted. I was in total rabbit mode — scared shitless. I'd been sure she was forty plus — but the picture had said different... Her expression turned rueful. "I know, I'm no bargain — but I'll gain weight again when I start eating and I'll do whatever it takes to look good for you — and in the meantime, you. She gave me a slightly knowing look, then rolled her eyes dramaticallyas she looked at Josie."Since when is Charlie modest about her sense of style? If not for her,we'd all probably dress like peasants."Josie snickered, choking on her own swallow. Shelly pounded her lightlyon the back and flashed me a smarmy smile that made my heart skip abeat.I bit down on my lip and sighed. "Might as well get this over with. Seeyou later."As I started to walk off, Shelly called after me. "I'll be by to. His hair fluffed out and high up again, but this timeclipped in a high ponytail, with the tail itself then curled andrecurled with a hot iron into an absolutely charming tangle on theback of his head. Katie, that's when I knew this was going towork! He was beautiful. He looked up at me shyly, not sure whatI was doing. Cute as a button! He didn't even need make-up withthat hairdo, but I put it on him anyhow. Just enough for any womanto feel self-esteem and self-assurance, and for Laurie to.