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"This is excellent!" he said with an exulted grin on his face I watched hi

"That right there is why I didn’t want to ruin the surprise" I pointed at his sht take the boat out on the lake… do a little fishing?" I waved the cup of night-crawlers in the air

"We’re going fishing?" he asked, completely astonished "You? You… fish?"

"Sure," I quipped "That’s why I brought you here I thought we’d take the boat out on the lake"

We walked down the stone-covered drive to the one car garage where the boat was stored The boat was painted gunray interior

"Nice!" Ryan said as he pushed the garage door up "17 footer?"

"It belongs to my Uncle Al" I nodded "It was h for the two of them"

I cli ATV that we needed to use to tow the boat down to the lake, but when I tried to start it the battery was obviously dead

"Go get your car We can ju hi the throttle on the ATV He was like a kid in a candy store, so happy and relaxed I loved hoas able to fix things He reminded me of my father

He backed the ATV up and I helped him hook the hitch to the boat trailer I held his shoulders to steady myself as I cliive hie his tenseas confirht!" He patted and squeezedthe throttle to set us in ht breeze blew his hair onto my cheek I nestled my frosty nose near his warm neck to add another delicious scent of him to my memory I wished we had further to drive so I could enjoy holding on to hiarage and the lake

The noontiht overhead He backed the boat trailer into the water and helped me push the boat into the lake We worked well as a tea bus He just kept grinning and s his head atgear, beer, and sandwiches – and Ryan started the little trolling et us out on the water

The air was still and it wasn’t as cold as it had been the last few days The lake was calantic ht of Ryan driving the boat He was looking so good in his blue jeans, and white therrin on his face was one of heavenly bliss I was thrilled that he was enjoying this mini-vacation