He was covered in sweat, his hair damp, but she looked perfect and unperturbed, glistening with light instead of perspiration.“Thomas, darling, send...me to heaven…”And then suddenly she rose up, grabbing him and pulling him down with a strength that took him off guard. He tried to sit up but she pushed him back down again. "Stay right there," she said again. “Let me feel you.“She pushed down on top of him until they came together again and then back and forth on him, her fingers digging into his. "She looked a lot like Colleen, actually, with black hair and freckles and she wasn't really all that much bigger than colleen either. A slight, compactly built woman - about forty, I guess. Her hair was long and sort of wild." And what did she say," Dante asked."'So show me the house.' I started to take her into the living room - we were in the front hall - but she said she'd already seen the downstairs. So I led her upstairs, pointing out the various rooms. 'And this is your room, I suppose,. With a determination unseen by the human eye the fierce current blew, dancing and twisting as waves crashed upon the ocean front. With it were carried leaves, turning, rising and falling, untamed by invisible threads which seemed to draw from the Earth itself. The air was salty, fresh on the ground as blades of grass worshiped with trembling chorus. The earth swayed. Shoreline approaching, leaves of gold and red swirled helplessly in the current only to be beckoned into a tight vortex. The Sun. "Yes, dear, I am. I've never lied to you, so I see no reason to start now. After all, sex is a natural thing between a man and a woman, especially when they're in love." I'm glad for you, Mother. Is sex always good?" No, dear, it isn't always. It is with Adam and me, though, and I have a hunch it'll only get better." It wasn't good with Daddy, was it?" In the beginning it was. Then it died out. I'm not saying it was his fault or that he was a bad man. Things just died between us." I think.