should trim your tree, but she didn't think you'd want to go along with it. Why don't you let us fix you up with a friend of ours?"

"I...I don't think so," Jim began.

"C'mon, Jim!" Katie urged. "Susan's a nice person. You'll like her. It's not like you're going to the Senior Prom, after all!"

"You might even get lucky," Karl added with a wink toward his wife.

Jim shrugged. It had been a long time since he had enjoyed a woman and seeing Katie had not made things any easier.

"What's she like?" he asked.

"Nice," Katie offered. "You'll like her."

"She's a lot of fun and decent looking, too," Karl added.

"She's divorced and horny. Just like you," Katie giggled.

"And best of all, she's a Butterfly," Karl declared.

Jim waited for him to explain. When he failed to elaborate, Jim asked, "What's a Butterfly?"

Karl held out his right hand and showed Jim a small ring. It bore the same butterfly design that he and Katie wore on their robes. Katie held out her hand and showed him hers. It was iden- tical to Karl's.

"We met each other through Butterfly," she told him. "It's a special group of people. That's all."

"What do they do?" he asked.

Karl laughed and told him, "More later. Tomorrow Susan and then, who knows? The important thing is to get you out of your funk and back into the world."

"I suppose so," Jim sighed. "But for now, I have a book to finish or I'm going to be very, very far behind in the rent."

"Is it like Beauregard Flats?" Karl asked.

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