And only then apply the salve." He picked up a vial of milky fluid from the side and handed it to him. "And be careful. The stopper is on a bit tight.... Yes, Master Vanlo."Vanlo nodded once and turned away from them. He smiled and gestured to Jollis.Jollis stepped inside. His eyes flicked over to Lanno for a moment before resting on Vanlo again. He raised the bottle and turned it around so that the label could be seen. "Fifty years old as you have requested, Healer," Jollis said, a touch of. ’ ‘I never said that Chris,’ I threw back, ‘but what about you? Married?’ ‘No.’ ‘You said you were engaged. I just assumed.’ ‘It didn’t work out. She wasn’t who I thought she was, who I guess I wanted her to be.’ ‘And who did you want her to be, some little Susie Homemaker or something?’ ‘No, God Damn It Prissy! I wanted her to be you! No one could ever live up to your memory. I’m single.’ ‘Chris,’ I whispered feeling like I was the one who’d been hit with bricks. ‘I think we’d better finish. It took my breath away, and lit a strange feeling inside me. The next thing I remember was Karen saying something about needing some salt from the back feed barn and wanting me to take one of the trucks back there and get 3 blocks. This particular chore I didn't mind because the back barn was very near that nice little spring.So off in the truck I drove. I got the salt blocks loaded into the truck, then drove over to the spring. I stripped down and waded into the water. It was a little cool,. Part of me knows what he is going to say, and that I will have my own confessional, but I need to let him speak. Telling me this is essential to rebuilding between us. ‘Anna, A few weeks ago I drifted in the intimacy between us. I did not cheat on you physically, but I have flirted with another woman. I sent and received text messages with her and I met her once, in a pub, a week ago. I have not seen her since and had so much trouble with my own integrity over that moment that I have ended it.