I was sure, as sure as you can be about these things, that Kathy hadn't been intimate with any other men since we got engaged in our third year of col...ege. And things had been great in bed for us for all of our five years of marriage.Vince greeted us at the door, a large drink in hand. As we entered a large foyer, someone came up to help us with our coats. Vince said, "Welcome Paul. And Kathy, you look good enough to eat," he laughed. "Glad you could get away from those family obligations this. They'll eat anything." Yes, Dad, but we've had Romneys up in the top pastures." When they're lusher." He grinned at Hal. "You've got a soft spot for that girl, haven't you, son?"Hal looked at his feet and Nick laughed. "So have I, son, but I'm a married man." Dad!"Nick sucked his cheeks but his eyes were sparkling. Hal growled at him but gave him a shame-faced and shy smile.That Friday evening as they all sat down to supper, cooked by Diana, Nick said, "Well, harvest in, and everything sold at. ’ And he handed a cake to Charlie and another to me. Then he took one of the two remaining cakes, broke it in half, and wafted one half under his nose. ‘Oh, yes,’ he said. ‘Oh, yes. That brings back the memories. Here’s to Halloween … and to all the poor lost souls.’ The poor lost souls. I had heard my Uncle Fred say something like that. ‘Who lost the souls?’ I asked Shadrach. ‘A good question. And out of the mouths of babes,’ he said — which didn’t really answer my question. And then Shadrach. I may have overplayed the hand. I read somewhere especially bad solar storms and CMEs can kick the crap out of the Earth's magnetic field protecting us from most cosmic rays." Sheila shrugged her shoulders and licked her lips. "Better safe than sorry." What do you think?" Sheila put her arm around Martha's shoulder and led her to the picture window overlooking the canter's courtyard.I moved to the commander's side and pulled out my pen and back-pocket notepad and prepared to take notes.Below.