‘What do you mean, you look happy enough.’ ‘Maddie if your mother didn’t send you away we would probably still be together. Remember how perfe...t we were in those days.’ ‘So perfect that on our one year anniversary we lost our virginity.’ ‘I’m so sorry Maddie. If I had waited we could have had a life together.’ ‘No don’t blame yourself Javi. I really wanted to have you in me. I spent so many years in that convent so you’re still the only man I’ve had sex with.’ She snaps out of her trance.. . so ... helpless!” He knelt by the bedside and wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his embrace. “If you had, if you had...”I pulled away from my love gently and placed my hands to his tear wracked face, cupping it as I kissed him tenderly. “James, I shall be fine. You would think that I was suffering from the Black Death the way you are behaving! Now, go wash up and come to bed, you must be exhausted.”James smiled and nodded silently, and as he left the room I smiled speculatively as. " She said, as she threw her arms around me and gave me a kiss that would melt an Ice Sculpture in Antarctica."Oh?" Was the only thing I could say?She then went on to tell me that there would be a guest at our weekend BBQ. She had gone to the gift shop I mentioned and made a couple of purchases. She struck up an acquaintance with the owner, a lady that seemed to be attracted to both Ellen and I.Her name we discovered was Claudia. She was not a native Newporter but had been stationed here for. This was getting difficult.“Hey, you didn’t tell me stuff, either. Like who’s this David dude?” Carter inquired.“Ah, David,” Aron chuckled. “You made quite an impression on him over the phone. Oh, he cannot wait to meet you in person. I bet he’ll be totally smitten.”“Why, is he gay, too?” Carter asked.And the award for the most credible performance goes to... There is no such award, shut the fuck up.“Yes, he is. He runs a club, one that caters to more specific tastes,” Aron explained. “He’s a.