And we were both having fun, and our parts were meshing as before, when she reached over her head, pulled a razor sharp commando knife from a sheath s...he had hidden at the head of her mattress, and held it so the point was just above my right kidney. ‘What are you going to do now?’ She asked, with a wry grin and taunting eyes. It was clearly a test – and I was more than equal to the challenge. ‘You’d better get me the first time,’ I responded, with a grin of my own. It was the right response.. When he got his job schedule Monday, he had Saturday off this week. As a summer worker at the hardware store, he replaced guys on vacation. Which meant he worked whatever hours the guy he was replacing had.Tuesday, he called up Marilyn, and they set a date for Saturday night. He worried that Dad would insist on church attendance as a condition of borrowing the car, but he didn’t. He got to Marilyn’s house a little early.“Is Marilyn here?” he asked. Silly question, but he had to say. "Thanks for meeting me again," Mary Ann said as we took our table."Sure," I replied somewhat coolly. "Always glad to meet with a friend."She seemed to miss my mild sarcasm. Friend? We were friends?"Sherry, I want to apologize for the other day."That wasn't at all what I expected to hear from her."Really?" I said, wanting to drop my attitude, but not feeling quite sure if I could yet. "Well, what do you mean? Why do you need to apologize?" I'm afraid I came on too strong ... that I was too hard. She delicately placed a tea cup infront of both of us. Placed the tea bags into each of our cups, slowlypoured the water into our cups, and then added sugar and milk. She mixedthe cups with a spoon and dipped for a curtsy."She is quite the obedient one."I nodded. "Yes she is!"I heard a car door slam and a moment later a suit walked into thebackyard. "Hi Cullen! Sissy is making us tea, do you want anything?"He shook his head. "Not from her, just a kiss from you." I gave it tohim.Penny.