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, a ago, I lives. a day, States. I greenhouses. I seedlings, annuals, perennials, rosesclamoring a weeks. Jimmy's mine...mind 20/20 Jimmy's a jealous...so seedlings. I I "The Lab". I ate, I hybridizing. A I schedule. corner, though, me. a cultivar, a tea, I'd a years. Unfortunately thin, foliage. it. But, optimist, 'nothing ventured, gained', I a a fertilizer, wouldn't good, I a lab...whichever sooner. I soup, "Hey boss, a call."

I phone, "Thanks Center, David."

"Good Mr. Hellsen, Summers. I gardens." , a a drawl.

"Yes Ma'am. bills, calling."

"Excellent. I a do. I'd home, a property, a I'm planning?"

"I that. It's aren't yet. you?"

"How mornin', 9:30?" Yup, a drawl.

"Sounds good. I number, please?" goodbyes. I address, area, enclaves. a D.C. area. cynical, I estimate. a I with.

"Hey Jimmy!" I complex, was.

"Yo!" lab..

I Mrs. I late. Also, boss, I beard, jeans, shirt, "You're 1800's man." I laughed.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." away. He'd I didn't a a day's a day's pay. I Mrs. Summers' "house" problem. a lawns. I work, future.

Mrs. Summers' enormous, of, with, stonework. floors. A garage, architectural house, left. a a it. sides. A portico, weather.

I garage. I entrance. a plain, door, place. I can't I Mrs. 40 bid.

Anyway, door, Mrs. knock. I a surprised. I a a , a dumpy, graying, shoes, a a walker. I counts. I'd seen. I a face, large, green, a nose, cheekbones, a mouth. 5'9", skinny. a gym. light, hair, a bob, front.

"Ahem," I reality.

"I pardon, I'm Hellsen," I'm I embarrassment staring.

"Hi David, I'm Summers." hands. "It's a you." table.

"First off, Mrs. Summers, me..." head, me, "You're a I imagined, I roses. please, Kate, friends, okay?" I nodded. "So, let's business. I a a back. it's done, I'd roses."

"Excellent." I table. "About be?"

"Fifteen across. a there?" Mrs. I notebook.

"Yes, please." property. back, view, I a fencing, shrubbery, cabanas. I Mrs. pool. a court. A everything. shed. Mrs. gazebo. good. a roses.

"It a spot," I commented.

"Excellent. inside?" Mrs. suggested. kitchen, "Would drink, I fridge?" Mrs. asked.

"I'd some. sugar?"

"Just I it, too." tea. I I again. Honestly, bottom, front. a tea. a table.

"Thanks Mrs. Sum..." a direction, "...I Kate," smiled.

I I'd fill. "Okay, Mrs...Kate, a gazebo, ground. okay?"

"Sounds far."

"Excellent. Now, garden?" confused. "What I is: a there? bouquets. mind?"

"I now. I a whole. roses...especially ones. I fragrances. work?"

"I can." I up. "Give a week, I'll a a estimate. I days, alright?"

"That fine. Hopefully, then." I a greenhouses. evening, I shop, I apartment. I a supper. I I program. I them. I I 'Mr. Lincolns', rose. I 'Double Delights' I a scent. looking, I a 'Peace' roses, flower. I reference. I rose, would, Mrs. asked, a whole. I a reds, pinks, whites, yellows. I teas, floribundas, a fun. I I a idea. I design. I wasn't right. I Jimmy. nose, sniffed, I'd work. So, I up, drive, later. I greenhouses. a day. I annuals, vegetables. quickly. I season. busy, profitable. evening, eating, I'd Mrs. Summers. I week. me'd a design.

Finally, night, I laptop, stumped, I daydreaming. I Mrs. my...her...garden. 1830's belle, a julep, a fan. I I'd selected. good. didn't, I it. I a rose. I a her. I a rainbow's appeared. I a I clock. 3 AM. I bed. I a run, breakfast. I SummersGarden.doc review. I I it. Excited, I Mrs. I estimates.

"David it's you. I I'd away. y'all away, on. I evening. We'll I ready."

"I'll a then." I greenhouse, estimate, laptop, again.

Mrs. I knock. a plans. I a flat. I plan. down, a glasses, plans. I waited. plans, I woman. loose, flowing, a tailored, , blouse. a earrings. I blouse, benefit. 'Yeah, boy' I myself. five, 10 minutes, 50, Mrs. said, "I I understand. you've it's a rainbow."

"Exactly!" I table, understood. I table. "Sorry." I her. fingers. eyes, "I a I I teaching: G rainbow. roses?"

"There rare. I a mind. I can't I'll I available. So, rainbow. 'll red, pink, roses, scent."

I a estimates. "Excellent. I original. I've received." plan, "Over here.." rang. I a available.

"Hello?" listen.

"Hi Brantley," God! chest. weren't all. "I'm evening, I..." frowned, narrowed, a side. I smile, I scowl.

"What can't tonight?" I growled, "We've months. calendar." Silence. deepened.

"Don't...you...dare...tell 'something' work. You're company. it." pause, a time.

"Dammit Brantley, you're it, hiring? Fine!" phone. a I handset. a sighed, "I I shouldn't man."

I stuff, Mrs. mind. Brantley, was, morning. I I wouldn't call, 'guilt association'.

"David, wait. a calls? finish."

"Yes Ma'am. I a I'll I roses."

"That fine." distracted. I I her.

I a I handy. I a shed. year, I shirt, work. I a gazebo, soil. fine. dark, business. I didn't drainage. sun. good...actually good...it perfect. 'Damn,' I thought. 'I didn't contract.'

I open, "David? a minute?" Mrs. backyard. I waved. I shed, truck, towel, inside. I house, I hands. Mrs. grimaced, gag, sink. up, I table. Mrs. me. "Uh, David, I a question?"

"Sure."

"Well, I earlier, I a up. Unfortunately, times, escort."

"That's dumb, I'd it." I I'm person? a look, "You don't politics, you?"

"Not really, no. a I don't to. Why?"

"Well, state's party. I'm party's chairperson. Well, I attend."

"I see." No, I didn't, hey...

"Anyway, David, I I u out." I a I didn't it. fluttered. Mrs. mine, "I you'd evening."

I panicked, "Mrs....I Kate. I'd to, really, but, I mean...look me... I'm filthy, hair's long, let's it, you're a I'm a nobody." I breath, escape. "I a affair?"

Mrs. nodded, "Formal. tie"

I arms, "You see? I don't a tie, a jacket."

"David, a second. I'll you're totally, ahem, presentable. let's say, hypothetically course..." a smile. I'd smile. "If a a suit, evening?"

"Yes. Absolutely. I'd to." hypothetical, right?

"Good." brightly, hand, chair, "Watch this." dialed. I a she'd earlier. there, a waited, straight, "Hello, Henri?" '', a cold. "It's Summers." A pause, hair. "Yes, perfect. You. Jacob?" paused, listening, surprised, "Really? That's wonderful. When?" pause, "That soon? it's a girl?"

"No? Well, congratulations anyway, Darling. business. I'm I I help. services. away?" look, smiled, a lips.

"Yes, I know, Brantley. Please, I 'I so'." A blind...or dead...to eyes.

"Thank Henri, I'll hour." again.

"Hello Jacob? It's Summers. I..." I I a ear. a again.

"Jacob, I..." luck. I chattering.

"Jacob, please, I..."

Finally, "Jacob! Hush!... You. Yes, I Henri. I'm both. listen, I help. I a dress. up..." sighed, "I know, I know, him. I listening. Anyway, expertise. huh. He's big, I'll him." over, a buttons, speaker.

"David?" asked.

"I'm here."

"Okay, you?"

"Six five."

"Weight?"

"Two I've a meal."

"Got it. Waist?"

" , meal."

"Neck?"

"Eighteen."

"Mmmm. Chest?"

I so. "Katherine, a measure?" asked.

"Yes, a sec," kitchen.

"David?"

"Yeah, here."

"I wear?"

"Twelve E."

"Okay, good. what's inseam?"

"38 inches...give take." kitchen, "Okay I tape, on," up. tape. I a perfume. "David, breathing," snapped, tape. I breath.

"Okay. 46 a half."

"Aaah." whispered. I grinned. Mrs. a said, 'be quiet'. Mrs. spoke, "Okay Jacob, else?"

"That's it. I'll hours."

"Good. then." phone.

"Okay, that's of," Mrs. relief. "You a up. 45 minutes."

"Jacob excited?" I suggested. Mrs. happily.

"Jacob married. one. Anyway, they're adopting, girls't yet."

"I there'll them."

"Stop it," smiled, "Those I've met. I'm favorite. don't else."

"So here?" I asked. Mrs. time, "Don't a barber! a stylist, won't it." head, continued, "If a barber, he'll again." unconsciously place.

"Okay, I'll careful. mentioned?" hand, "Out door, right, right. Enjoy." me. apartment. a I soak. A corner. feet, glass, everywhere. A enclosure. a chair.

I a rack. I I vanity. I soap, a shower. I I door. I twelve. Amazing. hot. I I I wasn't apartment. I 90 lukewarm, hot, water. So, I again, I didn't anywhere. I didn't I Mrs. Summers. I couldn't I water, down, shower. below, quickly. I vanity, a shaved. I hook. you're you've a spot, it's there? forgot. I nothing.

I a door. Mrs. side, crossed.

"Excuse me, Mrs. Summers?" I cover.

"Who?"

"Mrs. Summ...Kate! clothes?" laughed, "Sure have. ripe, I you."

"Uh, thanks? I wear?"

"Over there's a closet, a robe."

I looked, a a closet. I on. I okay, knees. I (while Mrs. Summers' short) I door.

Mrs...Kate arrive. again. a glasses, coffee, glasses.

"Is scale? a bush?" asked.

"Yes. Why?" oh, thoughts?

"I theme. I reds." I 'But'.

"But..."

Crap, comes, "I more. many"

Oh, you, I relief, "Yes! problem. a I better."

"Great. Let's double...no, that...let's to, say, 11 12 feet, up. don't rainbow! don't end!" a teenager.

I coffee. chair, "You a laugh. I I clothes."

I singing? Anyway, I a cats, a outside, horn. I window. "That's Henri," remarked, "He's early." door. kitchen, "Darling!" dramatically, shoulders. fake, thing. her, "You wonderful. I work," exclaimed...modestly...although I couldn't Kate's wonderfulness. unseen, a slight, a cases. I table. sniffed, "Well, he's clean. I hands. down." chair. off. I 'artists...what do?' shoulders. So, I a down.

"How cut?" asked.

"Regular haircut, short, back," I replied.

"I wasn't you," snapped, "Kate, do?"

"Do asked, Henri," I laugh. I also: arousing...and blouse. I legs. a barber's, stylist's, scissors. "Heidi, you'd nails." remarked. I a man. jerk, fantastic. nails. hands. I guilty, I'd I dirt. I both. I a overboard, heck. Kate's rang. "Hello?" a speaker.

"Hey David, Jacob, I a I ask."

"Go Jacob."

"Okay, have?"

"Blonde, a mine," me.

"Nice."

"What?"

"Nothing! eyes? I accessories." closely, "Jacob, a blue."

"Aaah. eyes. my." I sighed. giggled. I Heidi's smirk. house. him. I driveway.

"Well, interesting," I remarked, "Is that?"

"Not all. He's proper. one. I don't him. nice."

"Thanks, I coffee?" I asked.

"Help yourself," cup, "would a too?" (yeah, yeah, I've before. It's coffee...blah, blah, blah. me.) like. I me, I 'rose bible' I use. I entrance. I wasn't balked. I if, end, didn't them.

I up. I robe's covered. I sink. I dry. I table. I a driveway.

"Are a big, van?"

"That Jacob. don't him?"

"Ah? I'm I robe. me?"

"Are kidding?" hiccupping, "If robe, I a minutes. me, D.C. neighborhood's network. Hell, you'd a month." again, "Can a a house?"

Handsome? Me? I a van. racks. racks. uncomfortable I out, I inside.

"Would David?" way.

I room, shortly. a he'd out. I box.

"Just on, don't day," ordered.

'Here again,' I I bath. u, underwear. I a briefs, a , a socks. I socks. mirror, I room. deep. jackets, other, trousers. shoes, shirts, chairs. "Let's work," said.

*****Chapter 2***** differences. I a 'shawl collar'. didn't me. lapels. I lapel, lapel. we'd a I impression.

"Also, lapel," commented, "Will slimmer. You're f promise." So, 45 jacket. me, didn't results.

"I'm a Katherine," said. a time. I a lapels, mandatory. I shoes. a black, loafers. I women's I on. I a I leather, I didn't else. 'Edgar ups.' Kate, "He a style."

"Maybe," Jacob, "But he's bailed. slack, Jacob." surrendered, "As Katherine, next."

I didn't shirt. standoff, I way. a pleats, a cuffs. I shirt, I a problem, "Jacob, missing." he'd a cufflinks.

"Excuse Jacob," interrupted, "I a I husband. to, those." a sad.

"I'd honored." I again. I something, "Hey Jacob, a it."

Jacob, a taste, eyes. "David, that's a boutonniere."

"Right. Sorry, I forgot. We've those. this?"

"Of are. a you're a you're doing." point, "Jacob, David's color, listening."

"So?"

"When 'aaah' sighed, off. here."

"Oh damn, I that. I laugh. She's a up. I I here. Cripes, he's unbearable. I'd home. Crap!" a chair. a bit, box. "Let's a now." ties, tied. I one"That's a b occasion. I'll it."

"Don't on?" I innocently. recoiled, "Dammit David," snapped. a I me, "Do Herman? tie!" paused, away, "I'll back, I bathroom...where Katherine." directions.

"Jacob isn't haven't wear. gently. "Plus, I he's Henri." I phone. ahead.

I kitchenatching greenhouse.

"David Center, Jimmy, I you?"

"Hey Jimmy, David."

"Where boss?"

I I Mrs. Summers' complicated. I business.

"Jimmy I won't today. I said, here. want, do, I something. First, I a each. Second, I bud. I yesterday." I call. room, returned. tie. him, added, "Remember, David, doesn't perfect" ensemble, me, "Very good," Kate, "We're here." accessories. I shoes, rang.

I it. I door, Jimmy's open, "Dang boss! Don't pretty. What's on? Who's girl? isn't it?" teased. I day's he'd flowers. had. I roses, baby's breath, greenery. small, perfect. I day. I a a moving.

I room. I Kate, I she'd garden. I Jacob, "I'm I've husband. I help." I bud, "Would this, I I I'm doing?" buttonhole. nodded. "You David. I'm a jerk. I you'll me."

I van. hadn't anything. "Thanks Jacob," I said. "By Jacob. Who's Herman?" laughed, "No, David," I hands. smiled, "You're a Katherine," door. kitchen. A clothes. "We a here. don't change?"

"Why a limo? Don't a car?" I asked.

"Of I a car, I'll heels, shoes."

"I'm heels, I drive," I suggested.

"Forget it. You're a dear, I wouldn't baby. So, it's don't go." brightly, "Again...Forget it. You're easily." I I about.

I change. I undid, tie. A okay. I again. up, smiling, "The I this, I it. know, I for, 15 I I you. I can't started."

"Excellent. I'll we'll need."

"That I week. Okay?"

"Okay. I'll I anything." ready. upstairs, I 'Peewee Herman'. "Yikes! Jacob!" I I bath. chances, I again, shaved, mouthwash, dressed. I much.

I a room, room, areas. Finally, I wall. I a water. a I water. that, maybe, defective, I bathroom. I right. a relief, I room. a later. wait, stunning. (I later) a silk, , a V neckline, sleeves, a waist. a bun. a earrings. I hungrily...and a shame.

"Do I okay?" asked.

Speechless, I

"I'll a yes." blushed. smiled.

I nodding, "You wonderful." closer, frowned, "That wrong."

"I good. Besides, imperfections charming."

"No, this..." a wave, "...is charming. It's a mess. it." mirror. me, around, work. back. I perfume. I scent. reverie, "Okay David, I this."

"I attention." I said.

'Just a tie,'

I thought.

"There, done!" back.

'Damn, quick,'

I thought. I now.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome. know, either. That's I learned." clock, "The second."

I jacket, a sighed. "Nervous?" asked.

I nodded. "Yeah. this? I don't you?" hers. "Your sweating, relax, fine. a people." I a smile. "Plus," continued, "and b.s., you're a mistake, you'll won't one."

I a a philosophical musings. handbag.

I a guy, hair. "Good sir, ready."

"Great. we'll out."

"Very good, sir." I 'Sir' before. I waiting.

"Coming!" staircase. outside, door. I arm, nod, limo. in. moving, I I with. "Only three." quickly, "One: room."

"I agree. a explain." I smiled.

"Good! You're humor. Two: don't drunk."

"No problem, I don't alcohol."

"I do." responded. a cabinet. a a glass, back. a back. too. I a water, continued.

"Three: don't man's date." I'm rule.

"What a me?" I laughed. arm. arm, "Ouch! kidding."

"I know. I serious, I'd door." a me, "So David, a center?"

"It's a story, it?" a driver. "Excuse driver, arrive?"

"About 90 ma'am."

"Thank you." up, me, "Well, time, what's story?"

I how, I 10, Florida's a vacation. a us. EPCOT. walked, I I love. I kneel, smell, varieties. I all. I pictures. home, I a own. agreed, I myself. I work. I neighborhoodtle I a '' a internet. arrived, I I'd yard. Unfortunately, I little. dead.

I'm it, I'd me. I wasn't determined. summer, fall, I again. I 'Mr. Lincoln' 'Peace''re parent's yard.

"Why pink?" interrupted.

I I catalogues, 'Peace'. beauty. I her.

"What a son."

"Thanks. I don't 'Peace' 'Mr. Lincoln' list."

"Of I noticed." wine.

I I a I 13, a a I 16.

"You working," commented.

"Not particularly. I 14, I I horticulture. didn't approve. him, business. a a fund, he'd saved, I horticulture."

"So do?"

"Worked off. I I manage, allowed, newspapers, homework. I had, I a major."

"Find good?"

"Oh yeah! York. I accepted, didn't a package. I forever, I passed. I choice: Massachusetts Amherst. Cornell, a affordable. savings, money, a wasn't bad. I a years."

"How college?"

"Good. A's B's, C Mr. Mr. Kierkegaard."

"Ah! Sum! " exclaimed.

"Please! Don't start." I muttered. "I didn't C class. a question: 'Why?' was: not. I 'Because'. I obvious. I was, I quote, '...that a stupid, answer.' wasn't amused. C."

"Learn anything?"

"Oh yeah! I a rebel."

"You're kidding!"

"Oh! I professors? less." down, "We'll minutes," said.

I a sighed.

"Relax David."

"Just nervous."

"I know. remember, a business. you'll a job. about." hotel. door. I out, jacket, Kate. a room. room. everyone, smiling, hands. everyone's name, spouse's name, a kids' names. me.

I anonymous, possible. I 'a businessman', a 'horticultural advisor'. I cards. hour, front. We'd a shrieked, "Yoohoo! Kate!"

I a arm, a short, , a hand. "Yoohoo! Kate, here!" hadn't heard.

"Oh no," sighed, "Natalie's again." a seconds"Kate! Darling! you?" direction. away.

"Natalie, Dear, you," whispered. I a little. time, a room. us, "Natalie Hellsen, David, Jason, U.S. Jason. Natalie, bailed."

"Brantley ass. one's cute...kinda' though, isn't he?" Mrs. whispered, glass. "Can I you're done?" a ledge, missed, floor. hands. I drink. said, "Young man, shouldn't much." hand.

"It's a you, Mrs. Jason. I've husband's Senate," I schmoozed.

"Really?" Mrs. around, "Well, I've run. Kate, we'll lunch. Bye." I "Yoohoo!," gone.

"What things?" me.

"Huh?"

"You Jason. things?"

"I lied," I admitted, "Never him." I shrugged.

"And what," laugh, "Would husband's of?"

"I you'd out." again, "Let's moving."

A a champagne. I a a drink. I booze. a a gentleman, Kate, her. "Mrs. Summers, I a time?"

"Certainly Governor, I you?"

"I you...privately."

"I see." me, "David, I'll back." a 'few' moments. I down. startled. "Wow! You're me. night." me, away. returned. crying. I arm. "Kate, what's wrong?" eyes, "I room," again. I I carry, "Thanks," sniffed. room, a I moving. I wasn't well. ladies' room, in. shut, said, "David, don't away."

"I won't move, I promise." Kate's privacy. I to, I her. Finally, 15, 20 out. She'd a puffy.

I hand, "Kate, now? on?" eyes, "They chairperson," again.

"What? Why?"

"I don't know't there. Senators, party's representatives Congress, a well. said, 'Thanks you've done. resign, immediately'. I did. I it." again, "Nobody why. I why? I wrong?" me. I familiar. away, a breath, sighed, "Crying won't help, I control." herself. I control. breath, loudly, said, "Okay, let's night. later, I a while." ladies' makeup. a minutes, "I'm now. Let's go." room. room's changed. weren't now. They'd down. "It dinner," commented, "But I appetite."

I room. "Are cameras?" I asked.

"They are." answered, "Senator tonight. him. He's a two," her, "Or mouth." again.

"Should seats?" I asked.

"Don't worry, we're set." a room. seats.

"Isn't table?" I asked.

"I'm chair, anyway. Let's down."

I don't meal. recovered, food. I a a mouth. me. whispered, "Thanks me." plates. I untouched?

A podium. a a longer, flattering, speaker: Jason. distinguished, a voice. a politician. a head, part. a speech. a of...hell, I don't know, I rambling...eventually end, "My friends, you, 22 years. now, responsibility else...someone energetic. I immediately, I I family. you."

"I'll damned," I mutter. uproar. room, I reporters, news. I he'd created.

"What now?" I quietly. shrugged. "Don't a clue. I didn't he'd me."

I podium. microphone. down, buzzing.

"Ladies Gentlemen, Gentlemen...Please," a times. quieted. "Thank you. I a all. I'll I resign. aware, responsibility a term." room.

"I position. Therefore, I position..." Kate's arm. "Ladies gentlemen, party, Mrs. Summers." again. stitches. again, "Everyone, Please! I, party, Mrs. chair. I a reason. distressed, party, wanted. mind. Katherine, I deception." Kate, I a eyes, a nod.

"Ladies gentlemen," continued, "It state's Senator, Mrs. Summers." Kate's governor's a true. brief. opportunity. faithfully. exceptionally she'd prepare. down, "Easy Senator, I'm arm." smile. a said, "David? I now?"

I hesitated. I a U.S. Senator? "Do said: honest, hard, best." smiled, "I'm listening, you. I was?" Mrs. congratulated Kate. relieved. Mrs. unsteady, foggy, on. Or, ass, own, way. Anyway, responsibilities exit. night, arrived, Kate, fawning. endorse. listen. crowd, I vu. I I before: I a Elizabeth's 2007. I favor. a a Kate's face. a own. face, said, "This a me. I a issues. I a teacher, a concern. I before, I state. you." question, exit. a photographers, that. hand. I ear, "Relax smile. We're here." A questions. I who'd gown. Kate's woman. That's I gown.

"Really! Wow!" again. car, open, us. slammed, silence.

"Well interesting," I silence. side, "Only interesting? It's down." paused, "But what? I'm starving, you?"

"Famished, I dinner, I couldn't was." a screen, "Excuse driver, I'm I ask, name."

"Call Addison, Senator."

"So heard?"

"Everyone's heard. crazy. I I I 'BREAKING NEWS'."

"That's lovely," grumbled, "Anyway I starving. eat?"

"Is a enough?"

"That be..." I nodded, "...Perfect"

"I place. It'll 45 minutes."

"Fine." car.

I on. immediately. "Hello?"

"David!" Jimmy. "I I TV! Senator? doing?"

"Yeah Jimmy, that's me. Look, ahh, I what's tomorrow. now."

"You're here, right?"

"Yeah. I you. Now, I go. We'll tomorrow."

"Bye Boss. a evening." I I phone.

I Kate, "So...Senator Summers...It a it." grimaced, "Don't dare." smiled. laughed. "You David, this, now, he'd off."

*****Chapter 3***** a I asked, "How politics?"

"It's a story. a second, that's said!" laughed. me. a I calves.

"The 45 minutes, that's a story." a me. a family. nerdy. in. a i dumped. a a touchdown. 2nd class.

"What school?" I asked.

"My Virginia. I credentials. I A's...a B's."

"So a teacher?"

"Yeah. That's I husband. I a position. I wasn't success, I D.C. area. I a a shake. thing. place. a table. chatted, blouse. didn't guy, I a scene. a a blouse. I declined, corner. I evening. other's again. a 13 later."

"So a teacher?"

"Good no! Summers. You've 'Marcus Capital' haven't ?"

"Not really, no." I lied.

"Huh. name."

"Sorry." I couldn't I business. They'd investments.

"Don't be. complicated. a genius. he, I, kids, grandkids, grandkids, grandparents...even 2nd, 3rd, 4th spend. me...as died... a I spend."

"He a guy." I suggested. I sincerity.

"That depends. I've a stubborn, ruthless, arrogant, brilliant...jerk I've him. warm, funny, loving, generous." down, "We're there. I you're hungry."

"Starrrrving!" out, "What's here?"

"Everything's good." paused, "But I life, 'Celia's Melt' fries, course." a second, continued, "Or, I a really, day, I'd ', '."

"It well," I commented.

"You that" a turn.

I a side. building. I

'Addison's Diner.'

"Addison's Diner?" I a tone.

"Hey!" heartily, "You I menu, didn't I it."

"He's there, David," in.

"Thank you, Senator," responded, continued, "My I old. I first, favorite, grandchild, me. I I 13. I a week. I a busy." door. Addison. wanted. a other.

A quickly. a Kate. Brunette. Attractive, a way. drink. I water.

left, I a minutes. good. a hers, "David, I a I you."

'Uh Oh' I myself, "Go ahead," I loud. listening, whispered, "David, heaven's a melt?"

I laughter. I I on. I giggles.

I Kate. skeptical. "Trust me, delicious." I finished.

"Okay?" water. "Hi folks. order?" grinned, "I'll Celia's Fries."

"Excellent choice," commented, "By way, I'm Celia. I'm Addison's mom."

"It's Celia," I unison.

"And have, sir?" continued.

"I'll a day." laughed, "You've Addison. favorites." order. I food. a crash. plane, wrong. wrong, site, a a ground. "So, I was, a 33, do."

"Didn't a teacher?" I asked.

"I was. I years. I it. rude."

"I'm sorry." I automatically, moments.

"Don't be, weren't students...were you?" a second.

"Nope. I'd I a you." I I I'd said. "I mean...I didn't mean...When I said...Oh God!" Kate's okay. hand, "Don't it. a compliment."

"I didn't..." I embarrassment food. rings. I understood, now, burger. burgers, between, of, them. Lettuce, tomato, I them. I mayo, half, a bite. "Oh God, I've tasted," I food. I swooned. didn't I couldn't a word. groaned. I smiling, closed, a melt. her. "This wonderful, ambrosial, luscious, delectable," chew.

"Yeah. That's I say." I grumbled. silence, pleasure. eaten, maybe, 1/3 said, "Want it?"

"Absolutely." I a rings. them, person's better. Finally, I I couldn't more. I back. I head, "That good." I mouth, out. a mine.

"Amen." head. I couldn't silk.

Relaxing, I diner. a end. customers. I couldn't showing, read,

'Political Shocker'.

"Oh boy," I muttered.

"Hey Addison!" yelled, "You this."

"What's wrong?" asked. screen. "I knew. work." paused, "And don't guests!" barked.

"The out. TV. looking." I quietly.

"Oh dear." TV. A greetings. smiled, nodded, back. us, "I'm this. I on, I wasn't thinking."

"I I'll it," shrugged, "Don't it. We're time."

"Didn't I you? U.S. a visit."

"But Addison, good, us..."

"No!" Kate, "This me. discussion."

"Thank you," defeat.

I chair. he'd ready. exit, ear. "Oh no," exclaimed, "I earring, I'll back." table, around, back, "Got it! Let's go." limo. a back. sighed.

I her, "So, Summers, your, ahem, earring?"

"What? much? I'm I don't understand." a innocent.

"How much?" I again.

"" eyes.

I laughed, "It much."

"It was, wasn't it?" shoulder.

"You know," I hinted, "You question"

"Mmm." murmured, widely, "Not now." house. arrived. a herself. up. Addison. screen, "Okay, Addison, we're set." car, money. it. I wasn't a senator. door. I did, her. I a kitchen. phone, "Oh Dear!" exclaimed, "There're 25 waiting. Well, it, 'til morning." area. forward. I floor. I upright. balanced, I grasp. didn't. me. I forward, her, slightly. contact, me. I me. again. I a lip. Kate's gasped, "No David! I'm sorry, can't this." shoe. I hand. "It's Kate. don't me."

"David, I'm old. I don't you." panicked.

I hand. "It's Kate. Relax. You're me." a breaths, hand.

"Come me," I said, she'd bowtie. I her. I collar. "Ah good," I sighed.

I mirror. "What see?" I softly.

"That's a question"

"Wrong answer. see."

"I see," frowned, "An aging, worn, a man."

"I'm I'll a months...thank handsome.."

"God!" wistfully, "I'd again." a eye.

"Kate, dammit, again," I exasperation, "Do I see?"

"No. Wait...Yes!"

"I beautiful, desirable, I eye," I a ear. a I hair, "Or she's afraid...no terrified...that she'll a hair." I I a a smile. "Although I don't that. he?" mirror. "No, wouldn't." up, a cheek, "Thanks talk. I'm gown" upstairs, shoe.

I changed. I bag. I packaging. box. I keep. shirt, jeans, boots. I hair, "Damn," I muttered, "Looks it's Cinderella."

I chair. hadn't yet, I kitchen. I a glass. I kitchen. black, , sandals. She'd short, she'd morning. open. a bra.

"Tea?" asked.

"Yup."

"Would one, please?"

"Sure." tea. plan, "Was me? God, 15 hours." table.

"David?" whispered, "Do I ?"

"No." tensed. "I think," I loudly, "You thirty. amazing." I smiled. smiled. "And don't I you're sexy...but I sensual," I tea.

"Why?" asked.

I think. forward, table, hands. "Okay. I eyes. I color. Second, I yourself. condition. You're trim, skinny, you've places, excess."

"You that?" asked.

"Hell, that's I I you!" I exclaimed.

"Thanks. it, I I door."

"But me..."

"What?" more.

I a hair, "This. wonderful. It's I streak." I a second. "Oh, thing, it's short. I women."

"Really?" back, "I hair."

"Yeah, do, it's 'the better'."

"Have hair?"

"Actually no."

"So mind?"

I smiled, "It's story."

"There a tonight." bowl. "I'm waiting." prodded.

"Okay. grade. I fifteen. I a named..." I memory, "...Sarah Towles. long, thick, hair. gorgeous. waist. down, didn't a hair."

"I mean," nodded, "So happened?"

"Well, male. I don't did, to, her, names, locker, thing. 'bitch' 'slut', 'accidently' arms, her. rumors. you'd a STDs. hair. I off. I big, I I of, report, I way." I hesitated, me.

"What happened?" asked.

"I a I friends. awful. I a I hair'' administration me. I refused. Finally, didn't school. week."

"Oh no! alright?"

"I so. week, gone. She'd inch, a half. I that, anyway, hair. I week, I'd seen." hand, "Did together?"

"That's thing. I year. I times. I again. I've a hair."

"That's sad," fridge, "More tea?"

"Please, I first."

I hands. kitchen, I me. asked, "So hair?"

"Oh yeah."

"How short?"

"Very short, I don't I'd cuts. Two, three, inches, a more, ideal."

"So 'really' hair?" me.

"Yes." I leading.

"You 'really, really' hair?" tight.

"Absolutely." table, herself.

"Let's room." up, hand. "David, I a secret, anyone, I anyone, I it's alright?"

"Of course, I a confidence."

"I know," shyly, "But I'm ask."

"Do wait?" I wasn't nervousness.

"No, I know." a finger. off, and, proud, wig.

"Oh God! Sh..!" I stared. , short. 2 1/2 back. a a front. wasn't a bright, radiant, red. astonishment. something, I didn't understand. "Huh? say?"

"I it."

I vigorously, throat, "Your beautiful, I it," I hoarsely.

"Yes." me. I hand. I hair, felt. I right, hair. Kate's touches.

I me. I I head. I ears. touch. I couldn't longer. hair, I a nibble. shivered, me. I arms, me, neck. I kisses. First, neck, ear, neck, ear. I kisses, tight. wasn't a time.

I a hair. I it. breasts. I material. I again. smaller, I nipples. I a finger. I way. perfect, right. smooth. God, silk. I her. head, me, a kiss. a dominance, forth, touching, sucking.

me, hard. I time. I her. I badly. stairs, "Come on, way." bedroom. around, "This room." a bed. bed, breasts.

"Ahh," pleasure, "This good. me."

"It a massage," I offered.

"Would you? you." edge.

I squatted, sit. I massage. I toes, arch, heel, instep, foot. "Oh lord, good," begged. a I toes. attention.

"No one, husband, before..." hummed.

"Calf muscles?"

"Please."

I calves, a me, "Wait David, I don't PJ's them. up?" I tried, calves. I luck. waistband, pajamas, "Just off," barked.

I she'd wasn't panties. back, closed, didn't other. I triangle. a blonde, a redhead. I didn't other.

I massage. I gently, Kate's I muscles. I a time. yell, "Ouch." add, "Don't David, good." I calves, humming, I thighs. didn't complain. I rubbed, kneaded, fingers. I thigh. I belief. I wouldn't slapped, I mound.

"SNRRK." asleep.

*****Chapter 4*****

'Welllllll, stinks,' I I bed. I I didn't up. tired. I her. I 4 AM. I I sleep. I a linens. I a room. I couch, clothes, a pillow, down.

I night, I I Kate's hair. "Daaaviiiid?" Softly, away. I me.

"David." Louder. Closer. insistent. I dream.

"David! Up!" ribs. a room? disorientation confusion? Well, that's I I awake, sheet, couch. Kate's a mattress. didn't laughter, "At you're awake. Now, phone."

"Yeah. Wait...What?" Kate, laughing, sheet. I ringing. I jeans' pocket.

"Hello?"

"David? It's Jimmy. okay? you?"

"Huh?"

"Boss, it's 11 aren't work. I worried."

"Crap! I'm Jimmy. I a I overslept. Sorry. I'll I eat."

"Okay, boss. Hey, you're what's happened. of?"

"Yeah. that?"

"God No! you've it."

"What happened?"

"You'll here. I've go, customers. you're okay."

"Talk later," I a phone.

"Awake now?" couch. a sexy, , blouse.

"Yeah. Thanks."

"You're welcome. breakfast?"

"Whatever you're fine."

"Are kidding? I ago. I didn't you. coffee, toast, eggs?"

'How sex?' I thought. "Sounds good. Thanks." I loud.

"Ah, David, I a question?"

"Sure. What?"

"When I morning, I arm. Um, we...you know..."

"No didn't. I legs. I sleep."

"And couch?"

"Yeah, I'm I didn't home."

"Don't sorry, that's I meant. didn't bed?"

"I it, didn't right." I shrugged. "And know, apartment." kitchen.

I I'd underpants...and prodigious. Embarrassed, I kitchen. coffee. I a sip, "Mmm, good," more, "By way, Kate, repacked. today?"

"What? No. keep. a 'thank you' a yesterday."

"I do."

"But you're did. again."

"My pleasure." I toast, eggs, I a tuxedo. "Thanks Kate, I work. roses.

"Okay David, night." a I greenhouse. I drove. I day. I I skin. I I didn't accident. I area. "Mornin' Jimmy, what's up?"

"Come me, ain't this." I I 'The Lab'. door. I room, I a strong, citrusy, scent. I smell, me, "Come on, you've this."

I forward, right. I I found. thin, , I'd tall, bushes, lush, extraordinary, roses.

"My it's beautiful," I marveled, "Is I I lab?"

"I so," said, "It here."

"Well Jimmy, a last. heavens' bucket." Jimmy's 'watered' a a fertilizer. one. Luckily, generic, I didn't much. I didn't a a again. 6 p.m. so. A couldn't I them. it, plants, equipment, a neighbors. left, I 'CLOSED' in. I bag. I a I home. I I apartment. I there, I hallway. I stairwell, I side, "It a son." I floor'Old Marvin'.

"Thank you, sir. I I okay."

"You don't sir, son. I man."

"Yes sir. I sir. I mean...oh boy!" I hand, "I'm it's you." hand, "Tom Marvin, Sergeant, USMC, retired. It's a David. You're floor, aren't you?"

"Yeah, I'm district. Thanks. I a a Marine. a officer...something that."

Mr. chuckled, "Well, son, a NCO, a jaded...at butterbars. he'll decent."

"I me. skills. I a gymnast. I bruises. I a aggression. I 'Never you're life!"

"Amen that!" Mr. loud. "You know, I 60's. a lecture. 'kick nuts, kidneys, out, he's moving. handiwork. privates, up, you'd a zebra'."

Mr. breath. up, eyes, "Laughing 100 pushups."

"How a Marine?" I asked. grinned, "Once a Marine, a Marine. that. I 1963. I 17 father's form. I up. I 'Nam. a Hearts...nothing serious. I a Guard. I assignment. I sucked. I 1st Battalion/8th Communications."

"You retired, roommate, Mike, 20 years?"

"Yeah. That's a retirement. a 50 pension. It's a 20."

"If?"

"Yeah, if." a leg, "We 'Peacekeepers' a barracks. motherfucker...pardon language...killed 200 leg." Anyway, couldn't these, I a 20. I'd but...."

I couldn't leg, "I'm sorry," I blurted.

"Nothing son. I I I there'no thanks' papers. what's a bitch? I a that's 40 years." laughed.

"Well, son, I I've enough. I'll business."

"It's a Mr. Marvin..."

"Please, Tom."

"Okay, it's a Tom. I'm we'll around." I apartment.

I Sunday. I a breakfast. I I a ham, corn, scramble. I don't a I instant. I Kate's coffee. I I I UMass. I center. booming. I up. we'd sold. a worked. a minimum. ESP. I Monday.

"So, it's I now?"

"Yes. you're ready."

"Excellent. I I'll know. Thursday, I paperwork. I of. I Kate's order. Finally, I a a I day. I midnight, a salad, showered, sleep. slowly, I a Saturday. I counter, Kate's garden. I two, hours, most, gazebo. I'd a I right. I first, I I ground. expected. said. closed, I I place. But, line, I up. I lab. I it. great. flowers. long, canes. a Rose. I I area. wasn't a Kate's project. I all, checklist, free. I didn't business.

I I closed. I machine. I "Hi, It's David," phone, first. hadn't plans, everything, a campaign. dismay.

I I'd I started. time't me.

I days. I didn't necessary. I truck. I Kate's 5:30. I yard. I work. Kate's I expected. 75 I done. I stakes. I I a right. I truck, evening's work. I loaded, driveway.

"David! You're already?"

"Yup, don't waiting. I area. I can, I'll digging. it's okay, I'll planting."

"That great. I didn't soon."

"Well, see, I've 85 a greenhouses. things." laughed, "Sarcasm doesn't you."

"Truth is, I can't like," I finished.

"Me too. I I'll night," said.

I a today. a streak, a a wavy, style, length. her. I I red.

I hair, "Your nice. secret?"

"Yeah. secret."

"It you. I hair."

"Thanks, I it, favorite." talked, I in, "David! Wait!" yelled.

"What?"

"Can I dinner? I Gianinni's, share?" Gianinni's Pizza, "What kind?" I asked...playing get.

"Pepperoni..."

"Sounds interesting..." Didn't eager.

"...and pepper..." commit, yet.

"...mmm, good..." there.

"...and mushrooms." arms, no.

I truck, "What eat?" I politely.

"How hands?"

"Do I soap?" house, "Come on, let's eat." door. wouldn't hands. eating. a Gianinni's I stuffed, crazy. kitchen, I baseball. "Yeah, why?"

"The tonight. watching?"

"Sure." Hell, I'd Kate. couch. I remote.

Now, you, (particularly males) remotes. stumped. Finally, I it, I Kate, "I thing," I admitted. a button. A large, wall, sight. A space. life. a on.

"God! I year," finished. screen. runs. didn't anything. "Damn, can't a fastball," commented.

"Uh huh," I answered.

"But I good. it."

"Uh huh."

"I don't better."

"Uh huh," I I scores.

Suddenly, "What think?" me.

"I agree!" I bluffed.

"Really? playoffs?"

I shrugged.

"David, don't care, you? I baseball?"

I again. "I do."

"Well?" insisted.

"Go Sox," I admitted.

"What!!!?" couch, faint. "How you?" dismay. "You nice. normal." I I a tear. "Such a man." dismay, "How I a creature." kitchen, "Get Out, now!"

"Kate, I..." I up. she'd ordered. I a step, laughing, "Oh my, priceless. down. God, leave. a treasure." laughing. I hands. "I'm a trick."

I nodded, "You me. actress." chuckling, "You too. white, I out. I'm sorry." a run. "Yes!, Yes!, Yes!" a dance. breasts. My! down, me, "So David, you're area, right?"

"Yes."

"How a fan?"

"Teenage rebellion," I answered.

"What?"

"Yeah. Rebellion. see, Yankees." hissed. "I know. a Yankee's cable. I Yankee's 'Theee Win!' I Sox. fact, I UMass, a a a game." asked, "What Orioles?"

"Meh." I shrugged. frowned. disagree, and, a season, sit, games, couch, results, ended.

"What it's playoffs," I asked.

"Letting a longer," a smirk. ended, apartment. hand. a night. I I a a home. I night. I yelled, "Hey, a second!"

"What?"

"You Sox, right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Do football?"

"Of course."

"Do Ravens?" asked.

"Go Patriots!"

"Oh No!" arms. I door. kisses. I didn't Kate's Monday. I a home. I didn't Kate. I Kate's Gazebo. 11 a.m. a she'd a a Badlands. I I I dogs.

I morning, greenhouse, 40 truck. I Kate's 8 a.m. work. I cooler. wouldn't mind, I a sandwich, chips, soup. a I again. I help, I no. anyway, roses, I gazebo. I day, I stretched. I I'd roses.

"Hey David?" asked.

"Yeah?"

"If you're night, supper? We're turkey."

"That'll great. I turkey. I occasions?"

"Sort of. We'll Mrs. Senate."

"Are I won't way?" I asked, paused, "Well, a dinner, I I a a hours." laughed. "Do anything?"

"How table?"

"No problem. time?"

"Dinner's seven. can, I I you."

"Oh yeah, what?"

"You'll see." I couldn't sleep. I clothes. I a a underwear, socks, a bag. I early. I Kate's noon. arrived, I a arrangement, a roses. I rose. later, I customers, arrangements. He'd a natural. I once, said, "I I want, right."

A work. beautiful. hadn't rose. last. lab. inside, I a distance. a table. cut, bush, a sniff. "Aaah, that's amazing," sighed. up, me. I floor. head, "Whoa, man, intense!"

"Are okay," I asked.

"Yeah, fine." a times, pants. "David, was. I f ever."

"You're sure?"

"Absolutely. , I've better. C'mon let's work." 1

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