I’ll meet you two down in the lobby, when? Nine? Ten?”“Ten is fine with me,” commented Brenda.“I can do either. Bob will be out on the ocean...long before then,” countered Liz. “Nine?”Brenda agreed to the nine o’clock time, and Babs and Tully took off after paying the tab. The Cramers and Olivers decided to have dinner together in the restaurant. Both couples admitted that they hadn’t had enough energy or inclination the other day to do much more than grab something quick and go to sleep. One. It is a work of fiction. Names, places and events are a product of my imagination. I hope you enjoy it for what it is. * When the IED exploded eight Marines of Lieutenant Karl Richart Schmidt’s platoon lay wounded and exposed to sniper fire from a group of insurgents hiding in the village. Schmidt’s instincts told him to remain hidden behind the low stone wall which the remainder of his men had taken cover. Then his training kicked in. Those were his men and he refused to allow them to die. . We spoke for about an hour and she was to visit me the next evening, as to my surprise she lived only about a mile away.Tuesday night could not have come soon enough. When I saw her again my heart has skipped a beat and there must have been some changes in blood distribution to my body. My brain was definitely starved, because all the fluids were diverted to my dick.She looked just beautiful. She was much slimmer (going to gym 4 times a week), long blond hair as before, but really taken care. ”“So why not just keep it platonic with her?” I asked.“She doesn’t want that.” Mira said, “Maliah wants to sleep with me.”I could see she was conflicted, and I was too. I love Mira, but it has to end. Better a clean break now, I figured, while we’re still friends.“It’s ok with me if you sleep with her.” I said, “You can have us both.”Even as I said it I knew it was dumb; like Luisa keeps saying, I need to settle down with a suitable woman, and here I was stretching out my affair with a 20 year.