For Cassie the last half hour had been a mounting series of surprises, but now a speech.Dan put his glass on the table and drew her close. Immediately...Cassie was aware of the bulge in the thinner pants he was wearing. Good, she knew she was already moist."My father once told me that once your luck changes it usually changes big." Dan's face was very close to hers and she wanted to kiss him, but he went on. "From the moment I saw you dressed exactly as you are now, I hoped my luck might be. “More than you know,” he muttered. “Hearing you tell the story about the neighbors on their deck was hot. The thought of you watching it was even hotter.”Tara was surprised by the revelation. She felt ashamed of the fact that she had watched the entire episode. She figured Sean would be annoyed at her intrusion.Quite the contrary, he was turned on by the thought. And, if she was honest with herself, she was too.He rolled her on her stomach and explored her backside with his hands. He loved her. I was at the Officer Command School. The Navy thought I needed the extra education as my only experience was the one week end a month and two weeks every summer while I was in college. I was given an eighteen day leave after completing the Officer Command School and went home to Ennis. Our ranch is called Wakhan Maka, roughly spirit world in English. My parents own the ranch of 411 acres outside of Ennis in the Madison River Valley. They raised beef cattle and horses, see that was why I carried. When I sat down in the carriage, my attention was first drawn to how sticky the floor looked. Perhaps, the result of one too many for someone the night before? But the state of the train wasn’t the only thing that grabbed my attention that night.I lived a good hour away from the city by train, so it gave me a chance to think about what a horrible night I’d had.The last time I’d visited the Velvet Club, I met a wonderful girl by the name of Emily. She was nineteen and the cutest thing you would.