He himself had been divorced for many years and having Christy to spend time with had made the loneliness a lot more tolerable. It had been his sugges...ion years ago, before Mike's accident, that Christy call him Uncle Mike instead of Mr. Henderson. And he started acting more like a favorite uncle instead of the man across the street after that. He had gone to a few of her school plays and had been invited to take the place of her late father at Christy's high school graduation."I'm glad to see. "Is it because of me?" she asked without looking his way as she prepared her noon meal. "Um," he stammered. "Did you stop because I was reading on your computer?" she said, her facial expression still impossible to interpret. "Kind of," he said as a deep red blush rose to color his neck and face. She straightened herself up and looked him in the eye. "It was wrong, you know," she said flatly. Brian looked at the floor and pursed his lips. He knew she was right and he was trying to say. "Sam broke in. "Why don't you trust him?" Because he was acting like a 12 year old when I told him I'd found two women. Joey, you haven't had a lot to do with girls, have you?" I never get the chance. I've started to ask a couple out but I get tongue tied and end up just screwing it up." Well, he's going to get the chance on Friday."I looked at my sister. "What have you gone and done now?"Les looked close to tears. "Well, I'm sorry. It happened at practice yesterday before we got home. The. As his hands roamed, it was almost ticklish as he stroked her ribs, then his fingertips would brush the sides of her boobs and that would bring a small smile to her face. Then one hand, gently grabbed her hair and pulled her head back to him. It was a bit of a stretch for both of them, but the kiss was very important to Maur. After the kiss ended, still holding her hair he said. 'you may not feel this way, but I'm so happy your husband is a thief; between you and Tammy, I wouldn't have missed.