No, the smell was still there, she couldn’t get rid of it. She lowered her sight, staring at her hands. A teardrop fell on her open hands and only t...hen she realized she was crying, drops where blurring her sight. Jane was crying. She stared out of the window at the body left lying on the lake side, one could have said it was just sleeping. Well, maybe yes! It all had been only a bad dream, maybe! Jane should have had only to go out and get closer to the beach to see that body’s breast raise and. " Helen," I said, "thank you. I can't ever thank you enough! I just wish we were going to be here for your wedding." Oh, bull," she said. "You guys had plans already. It's just gonna be me and Charley and a couple of or friends. Don't give it a second thought!" But still..."Cindy piped in, "Mizz Helen, I wanna thank you too. You took care of me for all these years. And you gave me Dan!"Helen smiled. "I didn't give you Dan. You found Dan yourself. Like two magnets, you two. And this turned out. And it showed. He’d lost weight from skipping lunches, or just grabbing a bite for dinner. He and his assistant, Dr. George Everett had just started an extensive research project under the auspices of the Medical Center where he and his colleague were studying the psychological causes of unnatural sexuality and the changing sociological patterns that resulted, always with an eye to the ideal zero population growth theory. To Ann, it sounded complicated as could be, with all those big. He hesitated as he finished the last of his coffee. ‘Would you like to join me on a s-shopping expedition this morning?’ ‘Oh?’ She questioned wearily. He paused, his mind quickly trying to find an excuse of what to buy. ‘I…I was thinking perhaps it’s time to re-decorate the music room.’ It was a lie. The music room was perfect the way it was. ‘It needs new rugs…and the other sort of details women seem to know much about.’ He frowned, thinking perhaps she would be able to see through his lie..