I stood up and reached out and, holding her small hands in my hands, I pulled her to her feet. Her brow frowned under her blonde her and I could tell ...he was puzzled at what was going to happen next. I quickly sat down in the chair she had vacated and she turned to face me. ‘What are we going to do, Mr Matthews?’ Cindy asked, still puzzled. ‘Kneel down Cindy,’, I ordered, ‘it is your turn to help me.’ I saw Cindy’s pretty face go from frowning to a sudden ‘oh’ of surprise when she realized what. She stroked my hair and shushed me, while I barried my face in her warm bosom and told her how sorry I was. My mother led me to the couch and sat down, she gently pulled me into her arms and I sat on her lap. Well I sat on my thighs right below my sore bottom. I felt so sorry for disobeying her, I asked her if she loved me. She gently looked at me whiping my cheeks “With all my heart, but I need to teach you a lesson. Tomorrow get up at 6am, wake Sylvia so she can watch, be in the kitchen by 7. They watched in silence for a minute. She was awed by the creations of electrical engineers that had illuminated one of the largest cities in the world with bulbs of every size, shape and color, giving it an almost supernatural glow.It seemed perfectly natural to her that Martin should put his arms around her waist as he stood behind her, looking over her soft shoulders at the spectacle below. They still were friends, she thought, and she felt strangely at home in his arms. For a moment the. Sometime during the very early morning, Dyl'fair slipped from the bed and returned a few hours later, well before sunrise, slipping back into bed with Mike, and going back to sleep.Sometime later Mike woke with Dyl'fair wrapped in his arms, and kissed her awake. When she was awake, Mike asked, "Where did you go earlier this morning, to see the Satyr?Dyl'fair was surprised that Mike had known she was absent and asked, "How did you know I was gone?"Mike laughed and answered, "I awoke and you were.