”“And a change to our relationship?”“There’s way too much time between now and when I’ll be ready to commit and settle down. But I can def...nitely see you as a potential permanent partner in the future.”“Good. That will make it easier when you are gone.”“What do you mean?”“I don’t really want to get involved with anyone else at this point.”This was sounding familiar.“Why? Joyce, I’m not objecting, I’m just curious.”“You know I’ve dated, right?”“Yeah, you’ve said that.”“Well, I need to admit that. While his hands were cradling his crotch, I punched him as hard as I could in the face, and I could hear the sickening crunch of breaking bone. My fist had connected with his nose and it had begun bleeding as I rolled to the right and went to reach for my sword in case, he still had some fight left in him.Jonta only screamed with more fury, blood pooling from his face and torso, as he started throwing knives at me. I batted away each one that came close in a defensive parry, as I approached. “We talked about why she was working so hard with the Teams. She told me that she wanted to be able to live inside the mind of a shooter and it was important to know what was going through their minds as they operated. But afterward, she bowed her head and told me that the real reason she did it was because at the first Marine Corps ball she ever attended, her date tried to rape her. After it was over she didn’t want to feel THAT powerless again.” My mouth was hanging open from his. .but not for her husband’s pleasure but her own desires. He said that he realised that earlier she had given him and myself great pleasure but had noticed that Maria had not herself been satisfied by an orgasm. She was touched by his concern for her pleasure and replied that she was in that group of women who did not cum during penetrative sex. In over 10 years of marriage, Maria had never cum during sex. I had reassured her that scientific studies found that only about a third of women.