She stepped back, not sure what to say or do. Fred realized and apologized, telling her that she felt so good against him and it had been so long sinc...e he felt a woman’s body against him. Jean looked up at him and saw his eyes tearing up and in that moment she her heart went out to Old Fred. She understood how much he missed his wife how lonely he’s been all these years. Fred’s emotions were overwhelming him and he turned away in embarrassment and wiped his eyes. Jean moved around in front of. ” as I put the watch that I had been inspecting, back in the display case. As always, she was dressed in the ubiquitous salesgirl’s uniform of a black women’s trouser, tastefully cut, and a simple white collared and buttoned, full sleeved top.“Sapna, today Jignesh sir is here to look at some things for himself, so you please attend to him well...” the store manager instructed her formally for my benefit, the omnipresent smile never leaving his face.“Yes, sir, sure, sir...” Sapna replied, her. ”Everyone around the table nodded their heads at that news. Ed turned to Colonel Grey and asked, “Would you take Nora to her quarters so that she can rest before dinner?”The shift in topic again left everyone off-balance. Recovering, the Colonel answered, “If you will come with me, Ms. Turner, I’ll take you to your room.”He stood and waited for her to stand. Knees shaking, Nora finally stood to follow him out of the room. When they left, Ed said, “I thank you for your patience. To the matter at. I just pulled my chair out, sat down and slid up to the table. Eventually she got tired of standing and did it herself.“You are supposed to pull the chair out for a lady you buffoon,” she said low enough that her dad didn’t hear her, but her mom did.I responded with “Duh! Our moms and Paula were already seated, so I sat down.”Oh that is a nice shade of red she has there on her face. No one will mistake that for blushing.Her anger wasn’t missed by Paula or the ambassador.All through dinner I did.