. could smell her perfume ... mixed with the aroma of her feminine charms beneath the tight shorts.The opposing pitcher served up a fast ball ... wais...t high in across the plate ... a perfect pitch for Cherisse's quick bat. With her quick powerful swing the bat met the ball and away the pitch arced ... higher and farther before finally settling down over the short right field fence and the outstretched arm of the opposing fielder. As Richard watched Cherisse round the bases he could see her. We had time to kill before our round of golf, so we went to the bar and ordered beer all around. We made small talk and Leslie felt very comfortable and one of the boys. We got a second round and it was not long before we were telling off color jokes at each other’s expense, like men do. Leslie played along. It was time to start, so we ordered a cooler of beer for the course. We tee’d off from the first hole, and then drove our carts to the lady’s tee box for Leslie to hit from. Our eyes were. We don’t have to be superstars, just provide people with compassion and a measure of serenity.” “I’ll work myself up to it sometime,” he promised. “Not soon, though. Stage shy, really.” She eyed him speculatively, but didn’t say anything to that. He wondered what she was thinking about that, if she was considering the fact that when he’d been with Andrea, he’d always been at a kind of center stage in any social situation, something he’d never been comfortable with. That was where he’d met Fiona. Juli has Nikki tightly in her arms. Joe can’t see much more than that. Not until he is much closer to the patio. And as they get close the Sheriff arrives. The Sheriff himself with three deputies and an ambulance. The front yard is full of vehicles.The Sheriff is talking with Harry who is relaying the events as he is aware of them to give Nikki and Joe a chance to recover. As Joe walks up to Nikki and Juli, he sees Nikki’s eyes and how she is holding Juli. Juli just looks up at him and shakes.