As we sat there at the table she was watching me very closely and I said to her, "You seem to be studying me. Why?" "No reason. Just wanted to see y...ur features and that sorta stuff. I don't get to see too many people other than my husband and it's nice to be near another human for a change." "You live up here all the time?" "Not all the time. We have another farm down in the valley, but we spend most of our time here, summers that is, until the snow gets too bad and we hafta go down the. I could feel her eyes returning to look at me, and I wondered what she was thinking, but didn't dare find out.You see, one of the most important things my mom and dad stressed about keeping ourselves safe from detection was to not use telepathy unless absolutely necessary. Apparently some telepaths had the ability to detect others using it, even when it isn't being used on themselves. So both Joey and I were committed not to use telepathy of any sort, deciding we would have to depend on my. Shaun watched the proceedings with satisfaction. It gave the men something to do to relieve the monotony of the cave.On the fourth day, the lookout reported that a truck carrying Italian soldiers had pulled up at the entrance of the wadi. They had gotten out and started to examine the boulders that blocked the route through the wadi. After some heated conversation they had returned to the truck and prepared a meal. After which they played cards or slept, eventually leaving after staying five. Before doing that, Carol needed to spend time with Diana. Initially in a couple of one-on-one sex sessions, mostly to make sure Diana would follow Carol's instructions. Later Carol would get Diana to play roles for Carol's plans in the same way as Ava played roles in Julia's and my plans. To give Diana an excuse to use with her parents to explain why she was spending so much time with Carol, Julia suggested to Carol that she pretended to ask Diana for help in decorating the three bedrooms that.