And if that feeling wasn't there? Well, once burned?To make it right for once, raising a family, letting them grow up at the same place, making sure t...ey still would have their friends around them as they grew up. Not the money, never the money. But as it was now? Well, when my son found himself caught between go sailing with me or celebrate his mother's birthday he chose the later. Not that I held it against him, not then and not now, after all she was his mom and I had been reduced to the man. "She couldn't finish as her tears overwhelmed her again and she tried to pull away. But the man held on for all he was worth. Something inside of him said that if he let go now he would be lost again. It was then that all around him seemed to freeze and he saw the misty figure standing beside his wife. Slowly it became more distinct. It was the figure of a young woman and she was standing there naked.He looked at her and said, "Who..." but she gently put one hand on his mouth and with her other. .. I disobeyed you, Sir. I opened my gifts before you arrived, and I used the toys you bought me with out your permission."I waited silently, letting her words fade into the darkness until she began to fidget. Knowing then that she was still trying to hide her guilt, I stood and circled behind her. Running my fingertips up her flanks, I whispered into her ear. "There is more, my pet. I suggest you tell me of your own will. You don't want to add deception to your list of punishments, do you?"A. We parted with the promise from him that he would keep in touch, and that if I ever needed anything he was there for me. I had no other friends by then. My family lived too far away to make regular visits so Archie had been my rock. The only person I could really talk to. I had come to rely on him in a way I used to with my sisters, so when he eventually was released, he left a huge void in my life.He kept good on his promise. I received letters from him at least once a week. He would tell me.