One brother and two -in-laws – who love me, I think – are more than enough for me.”“We need to go,” Zevran murmured, “if we wish to blend ...nto the crowd.”I reached up and kissed Aedan’s cheek, then did the same to Zev. “I love you. Stay safe. Check in every day.”They each exchanged man-hugs with Alistair – the kind with forearm grasping and backslapping – and then they were gone. I watched them walk up the dock, and then glide into the crowds and disappear.I turned to Alistair and huddled into. But with all these turns and similar looking landscape, I admit I was totally lost.“How do you know where you are?” I asked her.“Oi ‘ave lived ‘ere for nearly ‘en years now. Yeh git used ter it.”We made another left turn.“Nearly dare,” she told me.After another mile, we again turned left. And then a short distance later, perhaps a quarter mile, but probably less, we made a final left turn. This looked like a driveway, and I could see buildings in the distance.By this time it was getting on in. I hadn’t. Scarlet looked defeated, yet determined, and immediately stuck her lips against mine. Whether she knew it or not, Scarlet gave me my first kiss that day, and it was something I’ll never forget because my lips tasted like her mothers honey when I licked them afterwards. I don’t remember what we said afterwards, but I know that night I couldn’t stop thinking about her. Then we got into our middle school/high school years and she changed. Not for the worse, but became more feminine, and. After she was promoted to the position of administrative assistant to the three partners she had to start working longer hours. Her new work schedule included many evenings and some weekends. At first the longer hours weren't a problem. I was pleased that Kelly enjoyed her work and of course as her salary increased we both reaped the material benefits of her efforts. Kelly was also careful to make sure that when she was home we always had an opportunity to spend some quality time together..