Bonnie volunteered to go to work to help with expenses, but Kevin, because of his jealousy, insisted she stay home and play homemaker.Twice she had be...ome pregnant, but both had ended in miscarriages, something which saddened her immeasurably.The two seldom went out partly because expenses were tight, but also because Kevin did not want other men ogling his beautiful young wife.Bonnie was truly in love with Kevin and when they were home things were fine. He was loving and attentive, their sex. I take off my shoes and walk barefoot so i can feel the soft white sand beneath my toes. The wind sends my hair and my long skirt billowing like sails. You walk a few steps behind me,just quietly watching how subtley i change as i get closer to the ocean...how a million pounds drops off my shoulders. There is a drum circle close by..the sound of drums and a lone acoustic guitar carries to us on the breeze. I cant help it..i begin to sensously dance as i walk. Call it second nature. Music makes. I walked through the door to find her standing over the little stove in the small kitchen space, something boiling in water in her only pot. ‘How do you get the stove to work with no power out here? And how do you always have water?’ Those were the questions I wanted to ask the first time I was here. ‘Wood: burns, heats, voila. And as for water there is a running creek about a four-minute walk, one and a half-minute run, from here. Boil the water and use it for whatever I need. So I know. ”“Gift?” Hailey whispered again. “We specifically said no gifts.”“Shh!” Phil tried again. The next video had two faces and a hum of excitement came from Phil’s college teammates. There was a young man on the screen with his arm around a young woman. “From a newlywed to the newly engaged, Meredith and I wish you a lifetime of happiness. Phil, when you find the right one, you just know it and you’ve found a keeper.”“Hailey, I know we’ve never met but my name is Meredith Miller,” the redhead said.