There is no tension in your face. Your jaw is not clenched. Your brow is not furrowed. You just lay there relaxed and peaceful. The stresses of the da...ly grind does not show. You seem almost boy like and innocent - even though I know full well that nothing is further from the truth. You are most definitely all man. But here in the early morning hours, when the rest of the world is at ease, I have this special time to really look at you - relaxed, subdued, and completely at my mercy. My eyes. Clive opened it but there was no one there. He turned to me and I shrugged my shoulders. He closed the door again. We took our bags up the stairs and placed them in the main bedroom with a king sized bed and a beautiful sea view with a balcony. That night while we lay asleep in bed there was a thunderstorm happening outside and lightning flashing now and again and thunder rumbled softly in the distance then came louder and louder as it came nearer. I tossed and turned slightly and moaned. He had heard that this was some sort of insult in Japanese culture. By the reaction that he got, he must have gotten it right. Dr Kobayashi turned red and stormed out of the office, slamming the door behind himself.Tetsuo suspected that Todd had done that on purpose, but since he was American, he wasn't sure and decided to ignore it. Instead he wanted to know about Alice. "Are you able to stop the energy transfer without harming her?" he asked."That I don't know yet," Todd explained. "We've. ..”“Is your husband still alive Iris?” I asked cautiously.There was an uncomfortable silence before she answered. “Ronald was lost at sea over six months ago Margo.” She replied evenly.“I’m so sorry.” I mumbled awkwardly, my blunder causing me to blush.Iris slid her hand through my arm. It’s OK Margo ... really, she said simply, “Come on! Lets show you the kitchen garden.”Later, in the cool of the library we relaxed into deep cushioned armchairs and with each of us holding a generous glass of.