."Mark looked out at the canyon below him and breathed deeply. "I started to see a pattern in the puzzle of the Blue Spirit. The clues are scattered a...ross many of John's writings, but together they suggested a cave entrance hidden just like this. I spent last summer looking for it, hiking out here almost every day to search. I found this at the end of July, and spent the next month carrying in supplies and the ladder, one 4-foot section at a time. Come on! I'll give you a direct view of the. I love sitting here at night.’ She spun on her heels and then walked over dropped her backpack on the floor and plopped down on the bed, her breasts lightly jiggling in her blue St. F. U. t-shirt. Her legs were hidden by a pair of black jeans that seemed to have been painted on. I heard giggling again. ‘Um, hello,’ she said, ‘remember I am here to check out your writing? After you can oogle me better. Okay?’ And again she giggled. I quickly grabbed the latest spiral notebook I had begun to. He grabbed a towel, shut the water off and said, "Hey, hey, what's wrong? What happened?" He put the towel around her, sat down next to her and pulled her close. She told him everything, and showed him the writing on her skin. Privately he wished she'd come to him for help with her reports, but despite his own inexperience with girls he'd picked up enough secondhand wisdom to keep his mouth shut about it. What she needed now was empathy. When she finished, he said, "What an asshole. Do you want. "She was there, flaunting her marriage, like your brother was the perfect catch. I'm sorry to be so catty, Ben, but that's what we old maids do, whisper behind the pretty girls' backs," she said, smiling. I smiled with her."You didn't find anyone at school that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with?" I asked.She shook her head, forlornly, but recovering quickly. "Will you do it?" Will I... ?" I bought my grandmother's house and I've already moved in, but it's not as comfortable as I.