Maine unke kaafi baar baanki nazar se mujhe dekhte hua paya. Mera bada dil tha unke poore badan ko dekhne ka aur unhe apna aang aang dhikane ka. Ek di...n badi subha subha jab saab soye hue the to muje unke chalne ki aawaj ai. Woh toilet ki aur jaa rahe the. Unhone aadhi baju ki baniyan aur pajama pehan rakha tha. Neche safed nade walla pyjama. Mai ek second ruk kar, aakon ko ragadti hui, jaise mai bhi neend me hoon bathroom me ghoosh gaye. Chacha ji peshab kar rahe the aur ek dam suprise ho gae.. " Yeah, came to pick it up."The man went in the back and came out with one gallon cans of paint in each hand. "You own old Lonnie's house now, right?" Yeah, and I'll be working on it for awhile it seems." Might I ask how much you bought it for. A few people be askin' bout buying it from ya?"If he was back in Jersey, Josh might have taken offense at such a personal and direct question. Here in the South he took it as a normal upfront getting to know you question. "Lonnie was my Great Aunt. She. He would pick up Bailee on her lunch hour and take her to lunch and then pick up what he needed from the hardware store at the same time. Her boss, Mr. Johnson was pleased with the increase in business as it was pretty slow before Bailee came along. And Brad had told some of the other guys he worked with to stop by the store and give them some business too - just keep their hands off Bailee, she was his girl! One hot summer day, Brad came by the hardware store to pick up Bailee for their weekly. Birds. That's what they'd called girls when Wilma had been one. She'd been a bird herself, then. What did they call them now? She ought to know the popular word. She was supposed to be in touch with the vernacular. Keeping young by contact with the students. No, it was too much like hard work.A flash of white caught her eye, somewhere in front. A magpie, perhaps, or someone's dog. Then a burst of girlish laughter, and a clutch of young people emerged from behind a bush on to the footpath. They.