As the guys parted another man stepped forward, he looked a lot older than the young men and as he walked into the light I could see he was a huge bea...rded fat man who must have been in his 70’s and like the others, he too was a Syrian Muslim. He walked towards Lucinda and ordered her to turn around whilst remaining on all 4’s with her arse in the air. He took his hand and pushed the back of her head so her face was pressed against the floor. He took off his clothes revealing his sweaty out of. "I'll walk you the rest of the way to where you're going," I said quietly. "Make sure you stay OK."She looked at me again, this time with questions beginning to glimmer. But the bad scene we'd both just experienced was obviously uppermost in her mind, and all she said was, "OK." I waited for her to pick a direction, and moved with her as she did.We'd gone a couple of blocks before she spoke again. "Thank you," she said. "I can't begin to say thank you enough. I know they were going to—" she. And how we needed to keep the momentum going.Marilyn and I flew into St. Paul early Sunday morning; if I flew in on Monday it would make for an incredibly long day. The nice thing was that St. Paul is only about an hour-and-a-half up U.S. 52 from Rochester, so Suzie and John drove up and spent the day with us. I might have been talking politics with other people, but Marilyn wasn’t too busy, and I still managed to have a very nice dinner with them. I could have gotten them into the Xcel Energy. Of course with me being footloose and fancy-free now, Theresa didn't have to worry about being subtle or diplomatic about her interest in me.She already knew that I was aware of her preoccupation with me and so she didn't have to hide it. And without Amy around anymore, I was "fair game!"One day I had just come home from work, and hadn't even had a chance to change clothes or check my answering machine when the doorbell rang. "Oh, hi Theresa. What can I do for you?" Hi Mark, I saw you pull up..