"Get one of those big gas ones mum." I added, "We might as well get a good one and it will last us."By the time they returned, I'd done at least a qua...rter of an acre and I was very hot and sticky and was ready for a shower, but mum surprised me by taking my hand and leading me to one side."Tommy, Fred's asked me to have a drink with him and I said I thought that would be nice, would you mind?"I must admit that yes, at first I did mind, but it took me just a second to realise that here was a. Someone else dived on top and quickly Dan disappeared under a pile of bodies in a kind of grown-up version of stacks-on-the-middle. The official had to peel the bodies off one at a time, but when he got to Dan at the bottom, the arms went straight up in the air – touchdown! Somehow under the weight of the tackler, Dan had managed to make that last desperate lunge and get the ball across the line.Of course, everyone was yelling and screaming – me most of all. I was so happy for Dan, he scored a. “Yeah. You’re soft,” Aron chuckled.“Someone’s got to be. Hey, it’s like I’m the good cop, and you’re the bad cop!” Carter exclaimed.His husband hushed him with another kiss.Then, Aron stopped and frowned.“Hey, why am I the bad cop?”It was Carter’s turn to laugh.“Frankly, I think they are a tiny bit afraid of you. Deidre told her friends in kindergarten that her dad is as big as a mountain. And that her daddy, aka me, is just a little smaller. Of course, that was an exaggeration. But they. I asked her were she was going. She said she was going to Helen's house for coffee. I didn't really know Helen though I'd seen her. It struck me that I ought to get to know my neighbors better. I felt a little pushy, but I told her I'd come along. I knew I couldn't afford to be shy if I wanted to get to know the neighbors better.Sharon didn't sound enthusiastic, which surprised me--that wasn't like Sharon. She said Helen wouldn't be expecting me. She didn't give me any specific reason not to.