It was perched on the edge of a national forest on the shoulder of a slight rise so it could overlook a broad valley. It was located just 20 minutes f...om a pretty little mountain resort town that just happened to have a state university.Bill had tried girl watching at the university like he used to do at the valley college but it wasn't the same. It seemed the local college was overrun by granolas. For those of you that don't know what a granola is, they are girls that cultivate the earth. ’As the talk continued, Riya felt a tingling in her breasts and the familiar wetness of drops of milk forming from her nipples. She hoped her bra was soaking them up and not making her blouse damp.Eventually, Rahul shyly asked her, ‘Are you feeding your baby still Auntie?’She hesitated for a second, then replied. She was aware the next sentence was hanging in the air from him, but it was Shreyas who spoke up.‘Mom, can you try with Rahul, can you feed him your breast milk?In the silence that. .. did what I did, the pathway became permanent. In taking so much from her, I had to give back as well. I took from you Stacy, and from you, Zoe. I gave her a piece of each of us.''Even if I hadn't already loved each of you, I would have when he was done. James cut out the part that made me hate myself and now, to love myself, I have to love you too. In a very real way, you three are a part of who I am now.' There was a sense of wonder in her tone.'Sally, this is a very different thing. Zoe. Nyla knew she was not becoming her old self again, and maybe she wouldn’t ever be her old self. She wanted to become a better person, and maybe if she let Tyler help her then things would be better. She hated living in fear of everyman that stared too long or stepped too close. But sometimes she couldn’t stop the pain. It just hurts so much. Nyla just wanted her life to be like it was before she ever met that devil of a man. ******************** It had been a few days since Tyler had seen.