know, there is no written policy. However, my father may have thoughts on the subject he hasn’t expressed.”
William had been leaning forward intently. He sat back in the chair. She hadn’t said no, and she hadn’t said yes. There was hope.
Charlie Lee’s large gray eyes fastened on William. “Tell me, Mr. Tallboys, just how fraternal did you intend to get?”
Before he could stop himself, he blurted out his answer.
“Siamese, Miss Lee.”
Her beautiful eyebrows arched upward.
He went on. “I think we should be joined at the chest.”
Her blush outshone the flowers. “Ah, Mr. Tallboys, I’m pretty sure that even though there is no policy on that, if my father were aware of...the degree of fraternization, he would set policy prohibiting your suggestion. Did I mention that my father was once a world champion boxer?”
“No, actually you didn’t. I don’t know what prompted me to say that, except an excess of desire and bad manners.”
“Oh, you didn’t mean it?”
Charlie Lee asked innocently. This from a sex whose acquaintance with innocence seldom exists past puberty.
“No, I mean, yes, that is I...”
She decided to rescue him. “It’s alright, Mr. Tallboys, I know what you mean. Perhaps if you offered to take me to dinner and a show?”
William got up. “Great, I will, soon and often. I think I’ll go to work now. The worst that can happen is I’ll lose my way and fall out the third story window.” He was still talking to himself when he left the room.
“Wait till she tells ‘him’! I’m dead. I couldn’t duck a left hook even if I knew what it was.”
The sweet chimes of her laughter followed him the rest of the afternoon.
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