~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Safely through immigration and customs, we were met by their family driver, Michael. I was invi...ed to sit up front while Sue and Francis took the back seat. Francis did the introductions, introducing Sue as ‘his girlfriend’ and me as ‘a good friend he’d met through Sue.’These introductions were repeated when we arrived and we met Francis’ sister, Kebe, and his ailing mother, Winnie. As I saw how the illness had hollowed out Winnie’s body. ‘I want you.’ He said it with no hesitancy, no guilt or shame. The words, his voice, his body heat, all had her aching from her neck to her knees. She wanted him, too. He slowly leaned down, his fingertips moving up slightly. She tilted her chin up and met his kiss unafraid. His lips claimed hers and his tongue teased her, working her mouth open to accept him. It didn’t take much, and she whimpered when his body heat melded with hers. Her nipples hardened as they were crushed between the two.. “And not so normal.” Paulie cleared his throat.“This isn’t a normal situation. We need to find him. I have to tell him before he finds out from someone else.”“What?” Sal cocked his head and looked at Tom. “What could be so important? The man just lost the woman he loved.”“And that is what I need to talk to him about.”“They can’t pin the death of Sonny on him. He was found in the middle of the desert.”“Sonny was found lying on the ground with both legs and arms broken.” Tom threw in.“That. He swore under his breath as he reached for the phone and called for help. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ‘Mr. Glass, I’m Doctor Knight,’ Bobby looked up as the doctor walked up to him. ‘Is Aria okay?’ Bobby asked, almost afraid to hear the answer. Doctor Knight smiled. ‘She should be just fine, the baby too,’ he answered before Bobby could ask his next question. ‘Do you mind telling me what happened?’ Doctor Knight wanted to know. Haltingly, Bobby told the doctor about the events over the past few months.