John had still not told me much about himself but he’d succeeded in making me horny, and a bit reckless. I had been talking up what I would love to ...ry and didn’t want to back down now. I agreed to come over and meet him.I found the hotel, one of those ex-country house hotels; very up market and not easy to find. As I drove down the drive, I felt my heart rate increase as I contemplated what may be about to happen; I’d only ever kissed one guy before and was nervous about how far John would. Okay,” said Candace, reacting to her mom’s imperative tone. She rose and followed the mistress of the house down to the second floor of the three-story mansion.The two women entered and noticed the man of the house tapping impatiently on the table’s top.“Daddy?” said a now concerned Candace.“Have a seat baby,” said her daddy. Candace did so. Ava followed suit.“Thank you,” said Blake Willis. He nodded for Ava to take the lead.“Candace, your daddy,” she nodded toward her husband, “is...”“I know. I was not as alone in my love of the printed word as I had feared. The thing that gives me greatest pleasure is to discover an old, out of print book in a second-hand book store. Not just any out of print book of course but one by an author I particularly like or the discovery of a gem that I had not previously encountered. I can spend hours browsing the dusty shelves of old bookshops, so I need hardly say that I was looking forward to exploring the bookshops of Hay.The day finally arrived and. I also brought yours and the gifts for the others, thinking we’d give them to the other four tomorrow morning, after breakfast.”“In that case I’m going to use them on a ride to the village and back. We’ll be back in a little while if you need me for anything,” I replied with a big grin.I found the others in camp and let them know I was taking a quick ride to the village to see how things were going. Tom and Giuseppe decided to accompany me.The Delgados had outdone themselves as far as I was.