’ Then she said, ‘Bob, it’s awfully nice of you to offer…’ I said, ‘No worries. I am sure it probably isn’t too bad. I’d be happy to d...o it.’ Roxie smiled and then dug a pad of paper out of her purse and wrote down her address and phone number. ‘Well OK. Here you go. I guess I’ll see you in the morning.’ I took the paper and said, ‘First thing. See you then.’ The next morning I knocked on Roxie’s door. I had brought a handful of floppies and CDs with various utilities so I could diagnose her. “I still have three toes to go.”“You care if I turn on the television?”“Be my guest, just don’t make me watch any more ‘Ahhhnold.’ I’ve had all the exposure to him I can take. Honestly, I think your father’s in love with the guy. That’s probably why he had to run off to Sacramento all of a sudden.”“Don’t worry, I can’t stand any more of any of them, either; I just wanna catch a few MTV videos.”“Anything but Ahhhhnold.”“Right,” he muttered, punching the channel number into the remote. “You know. ‘I’d like to be your third,’ she managed to say, ‘If you’ll be my first.’ I looked at her, speechless, my own throat suddenly blocked, excitement building in me. ‘Are you sure? Really sure?’ She nodded. ‘I am, Jim.’ ‘Please, Alison, I would really, really like to make love to you,’ I said hoarsely. Oh, God, yes! A radiant smile lit Alison’s face and then she hesitated. ‘Jim?’ she asked earnestly, ‘can we do it Cheryl’s way?’ ‘You mean…?’ ‘Yes. I want to go down on you first, instead of a. I had to admit that it made me more than a little excited.My excitement was nothing compared to the scene in front of me. Seems a car made a wrong turn, hit a truck broadside, and hit a streetlight which came toppling down across all lanes of traffic. I was aghast at the situation, visibly frustrated but still hoping that the occupants of the car would be okay. I knew that I had a long wait ahead of me. There were emergency vehicles everywhere… several ambulances, fire trucks and city.
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