" Shit. You weren't such a big fucker, I'd tell you where to put your advice." Yeah. But I am such a big fucker. And if you weren't such a puny little... piece of shit, I'd take you down the corridor there, and kick your ass." Shit." Right. Shit."Chambers was a surly little bastard, but I noticed he didn't dog it, the next time he hit a ground ball.Still, the whole incident with the rookie asshole soured me on self-appointment as the club's policeman. Ballplayers had been dogging it to first base. I do, and besides, she is almost always in my mind, so she knows.Females like to be told — frequently — as you know, but you haven’t told her enough lately. She needs to know it, especially right now.Why now? What’s different about now? Oh, you mean because I flirted with another woman?Of course not. She isn’t jealous of any of your wives, so why should she be jealous of Emma? Oh, and Emma hasn’t reconciled her mind to being yours yet, but there is evidence that she can’t get you off her mind,. I ask her to open up. She says no, that it’s a personal, intimate matter. I tell her that there are no personal, intimate matters between my wife and myself. My quick thinker now says that she wants to surprise me. I tell her the biggest present she could give me is to allow me to do it myself. She says she’s not so sure. I press on, telling her I could do a much better job of it than she could. I hear her unlock the door. She is naked. She looks skeptical. I take her hand and plant a grand. "A tornado warning is in effect for Lenawee County until seven pm. A tornado has been reported ten miles SE of Clinton and is heading to the NW at approximately thirty-five miles per hour. Residents in the immediate vicinity of this storm should seek shelter right away. To repeat..." Oh, God. Rich, I'm scared." Teri sank down on the mattress gathering one of the blankets against her as she started shaking. The basement room was colder than the rest of the house and her skin prickled with goose.