She straddled my lap and asked if I liked the music. "I do," I said emphatically."I knew you would," she said, bouncing enjoyably. She kissed me, a lo...ely, lingering kiss, and then whispered, "I get to embarrass you again. I asked your mom if she didn't mind our borrowing a razor and some shears so you could neaten up my bush." You didn't!" I exclaimed, but recovered quickly, giving her a hard slap on her butt for embarrassing me."Ooh," she sighed."Did you like that?" I asked."I'm not sure.". "Please follow me..."What followed was almost an hour long tour of the manor and its grounds, with the promise of dinner within a few minutes time. It was a bit lonely, eating alone, so used you were to your three siblings and mother being at the dinner table with you, but your plate was quickly cleared away and Emilia surprised you by wishing you farewell and good luck with your new home."What," you exclaim, shocked your aunt's faithful maid wouldn't stay on to help you. "But... how will I. We watched TV for a while then I said my good nights, grabbing my medication off the counter. I took begrudgingly my new dose of sleeping pills and lay in bed. My thoughts firmly fixed on my wife and my past happiness. Slowly, I don't know when, I fell into a deep sleep.A deeper sleep than I had had since my wife had gone, deeper maybe than any sleep I'd ever had. But still, my wife appeared.Wearing her translucent nighty, I saw her open our door and flick the bedside lamp on. She snuggled in. "Sweetheart," she whispered, her lips so close to my ear I could feel thewarmth of her breath. "I wouldn't blame you if you were mad at me. Godknows I would be in your place. I hope you can find it in yourself toforgive me, sometime."I felt her lips brush my cheek with the gentlest of kisses. I couldn'thold back any more and tears forced themselves through my tightly shuteyes."There, there, my little girl, let it out, Jamie honey."I felt her fingers brush my cheek so gently and I opened my eyes.