She told us that she owned a largehaberdashery shop in the city and a chain of smaller boutiques dottedhere and there in the West Midlands. If we came... to live here with her,there would be a private tutor come every day from eight, a tutor sheknew well and trusted, so there would be no point in our tryinganything on. Then, after lunch we would study haberdashery and learneverything there was to know about the trade. We would spend twoafternoons a week in one of the shops, just observing at first. Well… I acted like it was repulsive… But the smell of the locker room sometimes turned me on… It got me thinking of when the football team comes in after a game… All pumped up, or after working out… They all change in here… And use the shower… And secretly- I want to watch.“This place stinks…” Was the first words out of Pat’s mouth as we entered…“Yep…”“I like it.” He said…Not thinking much of it, I say, “Well join the football team then… They’re the reason it stinks…”“Maybe I will.”“With your. It’s not the days and months on the wall calendar, but where we are in the church year. And after twenty-one years, that is the rhythm and flow of my life.”“Being Lutheran is SO much simpler,” Jocelyn declared with a smile.“And you know I feel Luther threw the baby out with the bathwater. His complaints about Rome were very similar to ours, and there were even dialogues between the Lutherans and Orthodox, but the Lutherans chose to go their own way with their own solutions to problems which had. "Amouage," he answered, "I bought in Dubai on a stopover, you're thefirst I've ever worn it for." Makes me want to eat you all up," I said as I moved closer to him."I'll add that to the list then."We stood gazing out on the view for a few moments, my hand which hadbeen on his shoulder dropped down below his waist and I began rubbinghis bottom."Mmmmmmm I like that." He moved closer."Drinks?" I asked, he nodded yes.I took the champagne and two flutes from the fridge and placed them ona tray..