" Later. Give me twenty," I told her as my boss appeared behind her. She scowled slightly and ran back into the garden.Mike held out a small package f...or me which I took from his hands trying to ensure that my body was blocking his view into my shed as best I could, but he had already seen the space behind me."What's this?" he asked and gestured at the large contraption that filled my "shed". I turned to face it, and tried to quickly think of a plausible explanation. A large, fifteen foot by. Meanwhile, Fred was getting ready to leave for his trip. He was going to be gone for a couple of days, 3 weeks to be exact. As he gathered his things, I got up to kiss him goodbye."I'll call you when I get there." he said to as he got into his car.After Fred left, I went back into my bedroom and read my book. Then, the phone rang. I answered it and Chris was on the other line. He called me because he's been thinking and dreaming about me since school was out. Then, he said he wanted to come. She had a face like off of a fashion magazine. I remember thinking, andI thought this way all the time with girls: "I wish I had the confidenceto go over and talk with that lady."But I did not have too. She saw me and came over. She said, "Freddy?Freddy Tasker?"I said, "Yeah".She was smiling at me. Like she knew me.Then I saw those eyes. They were beautiful eyes. But I guess when youplay ball you recognize people by their eyes. You know, when you are ina huddle and everybody has the same. Torture devices. Besides, it was my store. I could wear what I wanted to wear.There was a reason the kids loved the weekends; they all got their own rooms when we were out on the farm. We really should have gotten them a bigger house. There were plans in the works to turn the attic into an additional pair of bedrooms, but it had been slow going, besides, I think it fostered them getting along in an environment a little less close then the one that had existed out on the farm.I padded out of the.