I fall in love easily. With Freddy. With Moira. And with Joanne. And you.”“You love me?”“I do.”“Really?”“It’s how I am I think. It�...�s how I know ... how to be with you. It’s that connection I can feel with women. Understanding them. Listening. Seeing. Finding out what they want and need. And trying to give that to them. If I care about a woman. If I respect her. If I like her.”“Joanne. How... ?”“The way she responded to me when I pushed a little. This brilliant woman. This strong woman. And she. The Taos Hum, they call it. Government conspiracy, they say. Weather modification experiments. Weapons tests. Some secret submarine base at the South Pole. Big machines tunneling under the earth. Something alive living below the crust. Almost as many reasons for the Hum as there are people who hear it.”“Is it bullshit?”“I dunno. The people who call in, on the radio show, they sure seem to believe it. And it doesn’t ruin everyone’s life. Some people who hear it, they fall in love with it. Some. Lexi groaned and closed her eyes. After a minute or so, she pulled my hands away, and guided them down each side of her slinky little night gown, until she reached the hem, which just barely covered her fine round ass. She used my hands to pull the hem up, and then she ran my hands up and down her bare hips, then back behind her body, stopping on her ass. My prior question about whether or not she was wearing panties was instantly answered. Her tight, firm bottom felt so good, I could have. Would you like to come?"The first part of what Christine had said was more than Sheila could have wished for, but she had the sense not to dismiss the suggestion of going with them out of hand. "Oh Christine, normally I would have loved to, but as this is my last full day in town I want to stay around here because of my memories of times with Colin," said Sheila, referring to her late husband."That is sweet Sheila, I understand," replied Christine.Although there was very unlikely to be any.