12Saturday promised to be an unseasonably warm day with temperatures reaching eighty for the first time in the calendar year, so Yvonne decided to dry the laundry on the line outside. Bob was out visiting his sick and shut-ins, Christy was off practicing softball, and the church and meeting hall stood empty of activity. No one's here to disapprove if I dress down a bit, she thought as she slipped into a snug-fitting pair of denim shorts and a long-sleeved khaki shirt tied at the waist. Before descending to the laundry room she stopped by the full-length mirror for a quick inspection. Her long, slender legs betrayed faint signs of age around the knees, but her midrift still appeared surprisingly firm, given the years and the assault of two infants growing within.
Scandalous, she thought wi
