"I am sorry"The tension broke and they both relaxed. He sat back in the chair and put his feet up."God I miss you. I can't stand this. I need you and ...can't function without you" I know baby. I have been going nuts. I bet I have started to call a thousand times" I need you so much. I am sorry I was a jerk." Oh hunny, I am sorry too. I don't know what was wrong with me." Can I see you?" Oh, yes. I can't wait. How soon can you get here?" Two hours ago"She laughed at the familiar twisted and clever. “Ready,” she said, grinning up at him.Mac read the T-shirt. “Very appropriate. Let’s go.” He didn’t smile.“You know a lot of big words,” she said, liking the way he talked.They walked along the beach for a while, then up to the road and across a gravel parking lot. Mac noticed that the girl didn’t seem to care that she was walking barefoot on very sharp, hot gravel. His feet were tough, but even he would wince if he were walking barefoot here.“Do you eat?” he asked. “I mean, are you hungry?”“Do. No one does that, the winter winds are too harsh. But I tell you what, I’ll see if I can’t make that lion scream again tonight. What do you think?’ Helen grinned, ‘Who knows, big guy? Maybe if you work hard?’ Sundown was not quite on them, giving the two time to lay out their blanket and enjoy the meal they had carried up. As the sun approached the horizon, clouds in the West were painted by the dying sun. Helen cuddled up to Duncan, admiring both nature’s show and her man’s presence. With. But no luck. And this project has a cashincentive, too." Hmmm, how much?" If all goes well, $500. And any costs the subject might incur." That sounds reasonable. I might know of some other women who mayenjoy that money. Is it dangerous or anything?"Jerry replied, "Nope, just accompanying me to some places around town. Get a reaction, feedback, that sort of thing. See how they like them,what's going on. Give some ideas and thoughts on what I and we'll bedoing." That doesn't sound bad at.