"Why?" I asked.
"Because he had a huge hard-on when he was talking about you just now." Then she screamed with laughter. "I really got you going there, didn't I?"
"Oh, go away, would you?" I said.
I'd had enough for one day.
"Sorry," sniggered Helen. "No, I am, I promise. I do think he loves you. I really do. And let's face it, if anyone's an expert on men being in love, it's me."
She had a point.
"Do you love him?" she demanded.
"I don't know," I said awkwardly. "I don't really know him well enough to say. But I like him a lot. Will that do?"
"It'll have to," she said thoughtfully. "I hope you do love each other. I hope you'll be happy together."
"Gosh, thank you, Helen," I said, really touched. Tears sprang to my eyes. I was overwhelmed by her good wishes.
"Yes," she said vaguely. "I've a bet on with that cow Melissa Saint that she won't get a date with him before the end of the summer. I was actually starting to get a bit worried but this is great. A godsend. She hasn't a hope now because you'll keep him well out of her way.
"That's the easiest bet I ever won," she said, rubbing her hands together gleefully. "Yes," she continued, sounding very pleased. "I must say this has all worked out very well. Very well indeed."
"Because he had a huge hard-on when he was talking about you just now." Then she screamed with laughter. "I really got you going there, didn't I?"
"Oh, go away, would you?" I said.
I'd had enough for one day.
"Sorry," sniggered Helen. "No, I am, I promise. I do think he loves you. I really do. And let's face it, if anyone's an expert on men being in love, it's me."
She had a point.
"Do you love him?" she demanded.
"I don't know," I said awkwardly. "I don't really know him well enough to say. But I like him a lot. Will that do?"
"It'll have to," she said thoughtfully. "I hope you do love each other. I hope you'll be happy together."
"Gosh, thank you, Helen," I said, really touched. Tears sprang to my eyes. I was overwhelmed by her good wishes.
"Yes," she said vaguely. "I've a bet on with that cow Melissa Saint that she won't get a date with him before the end of the summer. I was actually starting to get a bit worried but this is great. A godsend. She hasn't a hope now because you'll keep him well out of her way.
"That's the easiest bet I ever won," she said, rubbing her hands together gleefully. "Yes," she continued, sounding very pleased. "I must say this has all worked out very well. Very well indeed."
