When I held Shirley, explaining why I couldn't accept her very tempting proposal, she pouted, telling me that I'd disappointed Cindy and her the night...before. I told her that neither of them were half as disappointed as I'd been, but promising to try to come home as early as I could manage it. It was difficult to leave her like that, but I did.Kyle had picked two assistants, telling me that he wanted to reserve adding a third, until after I hired back one of his cousins, Wayne Jennings, his. "She looked up at him, "I'm so glad to see you. I had no idea I could miss you this much." You haven't had an easy week, either. I wish it had all happened before I left. How's it going?" I felt awkward and awed by sitting in her office. It took a whole day to clear enough off her desk to see the wood. I found unpaid invoices, undeposited contribution checks, notices that we had to renew licenses. I mean, it was a mess." That wasn't your image of her, was it?" Not at all! I expected to find the. She was about 18-20 ish and a very good looking girl too, long straight shiny dark brown hair, mini skirt, great legs, and figure with a designer bolero jacket and very sexy high heels, damn good looking too. Being a professional this had no bearing on my choice whether to take her home or not !!!!!! Although if this ever happened I would always wait in the car outside until the customer had unlocked the front door and got in safely and turned a light on to let me know all was ok . If a guy. It suddenly reminded me of a tree in Grandma Pearl’s yard. *** “It’s been here since I was a little girl,” Grandma said. “That’s like forever, isn’t it Grandma Pearl?” She laughed and pushed me higher in the tire swing, so high my belly tickled, and my toes touched the leaves. *** Remembering that moment started my tears flowing. I missed her. I missed her powdery, lavender smell and her costume jewelry. I missed playing Scrabble and being quizzed with “Word Power” from Reader’s Digest. I.