第6章高尔夫罗曼史Golfance（2）
“Wewillonlyplaynineholes。”hesaid。Hewhistledashegothisequipmeher。WeheadedfrassofthegolfoanedasIgotoutofthedsatdowninthedriver’sseatofalittlewhitegolfcart。Thiswasnotmyideaofagoodtime。BeforeIstarteduptheeartedtryiherulesoftheroad。“Whatrules?”Ishouted，asItfullspeed。“Slowdown。”hebegged。Ilaughedadriving。“Youlydriveiedspots。”hesternlyinformedme。“Andwhoisgoingtostopme?”Ijoked。Iwasalreadyfeelingrebellious。Wheheteeboxatholenumberone，hewasshakiwasclearthathewasrelievedtogetoffthespeedinggolfcart。Hesetupfwhypeoplethinkgolfissomu。Itlookedmightybtome。Hehittheball，buthadnoideawhereitwefifteenminuteswesearchedforit。Oh，thisisfun，Ichidedhim。We’lljustgetanotherball，heplacatedme，asheopehepouhisgolfbaga。Battotheteebox。
“Thiscouldtakeallafternoon。”Igrumbledtomyself。WhenRoyhittheballasee，wefounditdownthefairwaysalittleway。Afterquiteafewstrokes，theballwentintothehole。I’trememberthelasttimeIsawmyhusbandthathappy。“Whatwasthebigdeal?”Iwohedrivinggameereoffahehole。Iwasdriviandhewaswalking。HesaidheheexercisebutIknewhewasafraid。Hespedealoftimehittingtheballandthenlookingforit，whileIwatchedthesquirrelsandrabbitsplay。Somethiirelyuedhappeimewereachedthefifthhhihanwehadihefinancialstressassociatedwithputtihroughcollegewasgorainof“toomudtoolittleplay”lacedbyhappyheartsandsmiliomyutteramazement，agolfancewasborimewegottowholenumbersix，Ihadfalleninloveagailikeayoungbrideapanyingherpring。Suddenly，helookedstokeepupwiththatlittlewhiteball。Wheoholenumbersevehewaswatgmemorethantheball。“Keepyoureyeontheball。”Ireprimandedhim。“ButI’t，”hereplied，“Ilikelookingatyou。”
Atthatpoihathewouldridewithmeagain。Thistime，hedidwhe。Bythetimewereabereight，wewereholdinghands。Idon’tknowifhewasholdingonfordearlifeorifheenjoyedholdingmyhaheless，Ilikedit。Ithadbeenalongwhilesiheldhahole，numberhebestholeofall。Beforehesteppedoffthecart，heleanedoverandkissedme。“I’mgladyoucame，”hesaid，“Ihadsomu。”“ebaextweek?”Iasked。Asmilecoveredhisfae。“Yes，aimewe’llplayeighteenholes。”heasserted。Hesmackedtheballanditsoaredoffintothewoods。Webothgiggledaswedroveofftofiherlostball。Thistime，itdidome。Myhusbandy。Iwasenjoyinghispany。Golfwasjustagoodexcusetobetogether。Wewerenotonlyfindinglostballs。Wewerefiheragain，too。