To my surprise, Harry remembered what I had told him about the neighbor a few days earlier.
"Does he still have a crush on you?" he asked, as he slipped into his cotton pajamas. He had just finished his evening shower and was about to brush his yellow teeth, as he did every night.
"Yes, I think so," I answered dreamily. I was folding the laundry and I usually fell into a semi-trance as I sorted through the socks and the underwear.
He shook his head and smiled meaningfully. Then he looked at me, his eyes sparkling beneath his thick glasses.
"He is a nice man," he said. "They are a nice family."
"How can you tell?" I asked.
"They always say 'Hi' and take the time to exchange pleasantries," he answered. He was drying his hair with a large white towel now and was sitting beside me.
"His wife is very polite," he added, "she always calls me 'Mister Wong' and bows a little bit." He laughed, shaking his head, as if to say, "The silly woman."
"So, how do you know he has a crush on you?" he then asked nervously.
"He blushes like a tomato and sweats when he greets me," I answered. "And the last couple of weeks, I have been bumping into him a lot more frequently than before."
Harry laughed giddily and clapped his hands. "He must be monitoring you from the window and comes out when you come out, like a little rabbit."
I winced at the thought, now that he had put it in words.
"Besides," I added, "I can see that he has an erection."
Harry laughed out loud and clapped his hands again.
"The poor man must be in agony," he said.