And you may have forgotten but you're a happily married man.”She dug him in the ribs; there was a certain playfulness about the way she spoke and th... way she nudged him that suggested she wasn't entirely unused to this from her husband.“You know I'm just teasing, my sweetest wife,” he said.But under the table, his hand had found its way onto my knee and was rubbing my thigh up and down. I too put my hand under the table and on top of his, drawing his fingers a little higher till they were under. She had gone to Catholic convent schools herself, and although the overall experience wasn’t so bad, it had left her with a lasting impression of nuns that wasn’t all positive. But then from leaving school until she met and married Dermot, and subsequently while raising her children, life had been happy; and ever since the success of her oldest son, especially, financially comfortable and carefree, too.Her daughter, Bernadette, was the baby of family and as such was suitably spoilt, especially. It’s like they can’t see me or something. Why are you looking at me like that?’ ‘You aren’t…’ he mimed gagging again. ‘Yeah, well, they’re not human.’ I saw his face go dangerously blank, and tried to think what I’d said that would bother him. ‘Wait, I mean…they’re not people. I don’t see elves as any different from humans, Zev. I wasn’t making a distinction based on race.’ He relaxed his expression, and I sighed. ‘Darkspawn…aren’t people. They’re monsters. Why would I feel sick over killing. .It begins with me arriving home to find you in the pool...lying on my Aqua Duck, eyes closed, just bobbing around on the water. You haven't heard me arrive...silently, I remove my clothing and slip into the water. Luckily you're in the shallow end and I can just walk up to you. Quietly, I take hold of the side of the Aqua Duck and push you into the water!!! You yell with surprise...almost a squeal! Surfacing, you look at me and that cheeky grin that I love so much crosses your face. I.