I made payments for him for two years and they took care of stabling and gentling him. They know their horses up there and they did a good job with hi....”I turned to Mary Beth and took her in my arms again. This time the kiss I gave her started real tender-like, but it got serious real quick. I glanced up expecting our folks to be making some comment, but they’d left the barn. I looked at Mary Beth and damn, I loved that girl.“Right here, Cole. Right now. I can’t wait any longer.”“But Mary. We seemed to have a nice time so when I dropped her off after our date, I leaned over to kiss her. I had hoped it would be well-received and that she might invite me in, but, alas, she turned her head and let me plant one on her cheek! She said something like she was sorry, but it was too soon for kissing. I was, of course, a gentleman and told her I understood. We parted amicably, but privately, I could not understand how a 22-23 year old woman could make some sort of a rule refraining from so. ” I turned and walked a few paces in front of the demon it gave this high pitch noise, I guess it was laughing and said, “so you have some balls human? Then move out of the way!” it move so fast I couldn’t even respond, I felt its great arm hit me in the side. All I could see was cement, sky; cement, sky then I hit a fence, I slouched against the ground, my finish was blurring, I could see the thing laughing at Sarah trying to crawl away; then it started to raise its arms, I felt a blinding. “I’ve rarely seen such focus in anyone living, much less here.” A mermaid swam through the air, approaching them. As she came alongside their small party, her tail split into two slender legs, and she alighted on the ground. I diaphanous green gown shimmered into existence as she regarded them with light brown eyes. Her mature, yet handsome face framed by long, flowing black hair.“My love!” The words that escaped Shelly’s mouth weren’t hers, and neither was the masculine voice. “I’ve missed you.