No, wait…’ she said, panicking as he drew breath to respond. She put her fingers to his lips to silence him. ‘I know what you’re going to say....I swear on my children’s heads I am not trying to seduce you or try to get you to change your mind about any of this. I love my husband the same way you love your wife. I won’t harm that. But I just thought…if you could see your way clear to giving me just this tiny little piece of you…’ Despite her best intentions, her voice was breaking and her eyes. After an hour or so, the girls went back to the bow and arrow practice and I went off to hunt.Once I was out on the plains about a mile south of me I spotted a fairly large herd of bison, and a small herd of horses. With winter ending the herds were migrating north once again. I didn't want to take down any game as large as a horse or bison knowing we would be leaving soon to search for Treeya, and because we had no way of preserving that much meat (I would have to solve this problem) it would. .. intriguing items that I would definitely take alook at later. For now, though-"Good afternoon!" a bright, overly-helpful voice cut through mythoughts. "Thank you for shopping at Stacy's. Is there anything I canhelp you with today?"Rather stunned by the interruption, I turned and just sort of stared atthe woman who had appeared behind me. She had that sort of too-friendlylook to her of someone who was very invested in her customer servicerole, complete with a pristine, brilliant smile. . All went well.It was then I felt those eyes over me. Standing tall, older for my age, lay Pete. I wouldn’t say I liked him. I felt so uneasy. I could sense his attention on me and try to grab a picture of me. I moved away.It went on day after day and we started messaging. Yes, he was flirting and oh “was I enjoying it”.It was then that we had an evening party. We drank. Pete, me and Nowy were left in the apartment. Nowy, our colleague disappeared out of sight. It was just when Pete just grabbed.