a very tall young man was there , his light brown hair combed neatly and a smile in his blue eyes . she 'd struck a bargain , so this needed to play out without interference . he got out of his car and headed to the front door . the girls were behaving differently toward me at saturdays game , and i wondered why . at the end , wrapped in wide-mesh nets , a heap of metal cases . kelly asks , shaking her black curls out of her face . it was fifty degrees and she was wearing sandals . 