Pilar really was thin, Thesia thought when she saw her sister at table. Yet, looking at her closely, Thesia could see that she was not emaciated, but ...ather sinewy. She knew of Kiochi's nickname for her sister, and after more than three months, Silver Willow had become fitting.The sisters locked eyes for a moment, and Thesia thought she saw worry in Pilar's look. Their non-verbal exchange was interrupted when Macro entered with Lamas and Jolia. Thesia noticed an air of wariness in her husband,. We went into the room next door and there I saw the woman I wanted. I called her over We settled on the price for my tryst. She led me to a room in back. I followed her down a dark alley and into a dimly lighted room with a bed and bathroom. The room was clean and well taken care of. She spoke a little and I was able to tell her that this was to be my first time. When I told her that I was a virgin, she took on a certain glow, almost happy. She was surprised that I was a virgin. Most of the. Stephen begged and pleaded with her to reconsider having a family. ‘Didn’t Stephen suggest that you adopt if you couldn’t or wouldn’t have children of your own?’ Barbara asked. ‘Yes. Although I never told him, I would have been willing to adopt, but I loved Stephen too much to ask him to give up what he wanted most – a child of his own flesh and blood . Besides, children were not the only issue.’ She had wanted more than anything to be Stephen’s wife. In her mind, though, there had been too. “While I am not the kind of mother to ask personal questions regarding sex to her own son, but I hope it was all you wanted it to be, Redden.”“The only way it could possibly have been any better would have been if it were you instead of her.”SLAP!“I promised myself I would be perfectly honest no matter who i was talking to or about. The other night, I felt something. It was wrong, but that doesn’t mean I can forget it anytime soon.”“I practically ravaged your father, if you are interested to.