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you….” 
        Suddenly, she started laughing at the woebegone look on her grandson’s face. Confused, Hidey turned and walked away. He had a big job for the local gold shop downtown and wanted to get started.
    “Wait Hidey, I’m sorry. I won’t tease you anymore, come back.”
        He turned around,
    “Granny, I have work to do. I hope you had a nice time but it really is none of my concern. Obviously though, she took me up on my invitation to visit you.”  
        Walking back over to Romona long enough to give her a kiss, he pondered further,
    “I did tell her where the house was and that you loved company.”
    “Well, you can’t blame me for having a little fun with you, but the fact is, her car broke down just down the road and she walked here to wait for Sam to come with the tow truck. We did have a nice visit though and I won’t be surprised if we don’t see her again.”
        Hidey changing his mind about work, instead pulled a chair out from the table, and sat down. His annoyance subsided and curiosity was taking over. “Granny, did you talk about me and tell the truth.” It made him feel funny to know that Jean and his granny had a nice long chat and maybe some of it about him, as his granny did have a habit of telling tales about his childhood.
        Romona turned a burner down on the stove and joined him at the table.         
        She brought two cups of coffee with her. Sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee and talking about their day was something she used to do with her sweet husband when he was alive and she relished that Hidey always took time to sit and do the same. She was sorry for teasing him about Jean, but old habits were hard to change, as she always was a prankster.
    “We might have mentioned you a time or two…but, it was all good! Well, mostly anyway. I might have told her about the time that bear chased you up a tree, but that was just so she would be careful out in the woods. Some visitors don’t even realize we got bear up here.”
         Hidey sighed. Shaking his head at Romona , he hoped hard she had not told that entire story.
    “Did you know she is a writer?”
    “I think Romona mentioned something about that.”
    “Well, it turns out that I have actually read her very first book! I still have it somewhere. You know I never get rid of a good book. Anyway, when I saw her, she looked so familiar and that was it. Her picture is on the back of her book and who could ever forget that head of hair?”
         Hidey was thinking about the two books he had snitched from her stack to level his bed, making a mental note to himself to check and make sure one was not that book.
    “Right, I see the car is gone, so I guess that means Sam took it to the shop. I suppose he took her home too?”
    “No, I did.”
    “Granny, you have no business behind the wheel of a vehicle! Doc Werner said it was too dangerous! What if you had of had one of your black outs?”
    “Calm down, it was just a mile, more or less, and I am fine, am I not? Okay, I will promise not to drive without you, but then however will I return this book she loaned me, when I finish it?”
          She got up and going out of the room, returned with a book in hand.
    “I am so excited, it is a sequel to the one I already have. See, the back has her picture.”
          Hidey reached out to take it from her extended hand. Flipping through the pages, he then turned it to the backside and found himself staring into intense blue eyes. The head full of wild curly hair was in a more demure style and she looked very professional, not at all, like when he had seen her. He felt a little intimidated but he also felt the stirring something else. Something he could not pinpoint. He handed the book back to Romona and stood.
    “Where are you going, aren’t you hungry?”
    “Uh, yes ma’am I am, but I need to check my email before dinner.”
    “Okay dear, we will eat whenever you want