“People will wonder where I’ve got to. But it was a pleasure meeting you, Lucy.”They shared a smile before he walked off and was immediately acc...sted into another conversation.I looked over at Lucy and could see her trying to hide her giddy expression. But I knew Mark, and I knew that whole act was just to get to me. That’s how he got his kicks. I let Lucy have her moment of flattery, though, safe in the knowledge that Mark Reilly, a man who could have any woman he wanted, wouldn’t be. After breakfast, the next morning we showed off our treasures from Santa Fe. All the ladies of the Hacienda were very appreciative of the trunks and amazed at the number of books. We opened all the crates of books and asked the ladies to decide how to divide them between the Hacienda, the village school, and the Las Cruces Library. While that was going on, Tom and I retired to the study to catch up on all the work going on within the Estancia by reading the monthly reports.Construction. They let me stay up to watch TV, as they went to the far end of the house to go to bed. They didn’t know that I had alternative motive for the night. As I walked by the guest room, I noticed our “house guest” left her last nights attire out on the chair in the room. I walked in to see what was there. It looked like her complete outfit was there on the chair, right down to her bra, corset, pantyhose, and even her white 4” open toe slingbacks. One thing I noticed was the lack of panties, maybe. I howled, and then I was groaning in pain, bent backwards in agony, and suddenly, the fun evaporated, and they were all over me, panicking.Mel was crying, apologising profusely, and when I could speak again, I tried to calm her down, panting in pain. They lifted me up, and helped me onto the couch. Rachel told Mel to sit with me, and then she went into the kitchen, saying she was putting the jug on. But as soon as she was out of sight, I heard her crying softly.Mel was saying sorry all the.