Before Aggie left I got her to give me the priest's name. Now I'm not a violent woman, but I have a real hatred of injustice and people taking advanta...ge of others who are not in a position to complain or gain redress. I'd also seen enough horror during the war that I wasn't afraid of a bit of blood if I happened to spill some in the process of punishing someone for being a bit of a bastard towards the nuns in his charge.The next day I visited Aggie after I'd finished work, I told her that the. “Hey JJ, how are you? I forgot you were going to be here,” I say as I am leaning against the door jam. “Yes ma’am, Mrs. Jones, today is the day,” he replies but he is not looking into my eyes. Instead, he is staring at my chest. Fuck, my shirt, I think. I grab my shirt to close it up and stand up straight. I can feel my face turning beat red with embarrassment. “Oh, Jimmy I am so sorry about that. Please forgive me for flashing you.”Jimmy’s eyes were dancing. “Awe, that’s ok Mrs. Jones. . Just how long have you been planning this, anyway?’ ‘You have no idea what today is, do you?’ Jeff asked, smiling. ‘No. It’s December 9th, I know that much. What about it?’ ‘This is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the day we met. Remember that bar? Chris introduced us and you told me that you didn’t want anything to do with the male gender. We talked until closing and the rest is, as they say, history!’ Jeff was quite pleased with himself that he remembered and she didn’t. His grin was so. I should just enjoy today, but that's the analytical side of me, anticipate the inevitable. I looked in the hall mirror and I hated my eyes. The fact I had been crying more than once this afternoon left them a little puffy. I hurried back to my cabin to put a little make-up on to cover. When I came back in Coach Reynolds and Phineas were talking at the door and Coach was laughing, that was a good sign."Lucy, someone's here to pick-up Lucille, can you help him?" He said giving me a Daddy hug.
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