’ She stroked his spotted old head. ‘I’m just proud of you, that’s all.’ He hugged her back, his lined old cheek pressed against her soft y...ung breasts. There was nothing to say. She kissed his head and went to the phone. — ‘Jimmy? This is Amy Rider. Yeah…. Day after tomorrow. I dunno, I haven’t got the tickets yet. I’ll call you back with the flight information. And there’s more….’ — They stood on the dock and watched the plane fly off to the east, back to Tahiti. When it was all but out. Everyone travelling to work on the top deck of the 257 knew those little factoids about Amber. Only I knew that she was wearing the lemon sherbet knickers with the big white dots this morning. But what I didn’t know was whether Amber was aware that in putting each foot in turn on the post that I could see her knickers and therefore knew more about her than any other person on the 257. Was she knowingly putting her crotch in my eye-line every morning? She never looked-up suddenly to catch me;. "In fact, you've got just two things to do yourself at this stage. First, if she gets around to letting you fuck her, enjoy it. In about eight months--at the point where she cuts you off completely--then you'll know that she's black cock only. Forever."Sam frowned. Cut off? "What's the second thing?" Reservations. Back here, for the two of you. Same time next year. Get those taken care of right after you get home." I assume you'll be here too?" Of course. Your wife and I have to finish, after. ”Considering that Martin had slept in a chair and didn’t get that much sleep, he was more than willing to take the counter. It was a slow morning, probably a result of the storm the night before. It was likely that people were taking care of storm damage that couldn’t wait, over auto repairs that could be postponed.Mike and Karen came in a half an hour after the store had been open. They noticed the tired expression on Martin’s face and the tension in Jerry. It was obvious that something had.