At some point it came out he hadn’t had a great deal of success with girls as he got a bit tongue tied around them which made him seem shy, somethin... he wasn’t showing with us. After dinner we moved into the lounge room where I put on some soft music and dimmed the lights, Anne and Barry were together on one of the sofas while I sat on my own chair, he seemed reluctant to make any moves on Anne so she helped him out leaning forward to kiss him her tongue I knew would be pushing its way into his. Then Sarita said well just don’t stand there come on in. You can put that bag and cans on the table. So I did. Sarita said thank you Ralph. I then said like you told me , no need to thank. I said nice seeing you again Gorgeous. Then I opened the door and left. Two days later while driving in the rain. I see Sarita waiting at the bus stop. I pull over to the bus stop. I said hi Gorgeous can I give you a ride. Sarita then looks into the car to see who it was and then once Sarita recognized who it. Leroy immediately took care of that as he explained "Dee's rules" to them, to which they both laughed and "Give us a minute here" ... Dee showed Bazi the closets as well as the bathroom so they could put everything away.Leroy in the meantime put his arm around his friend and we walked over to the wet bar and fixed them a drink. Thomas, like me, liked a scotch and soda and he got a glass of Merlot for BaziDee walked in from the bath with her arm thru Bazi's and they were both chuckling about. “But ... how are you dealing with the bad memories?”Astra’il gazed over her shoulder, favoring Rhys with a scorching look from an emerald eye. “By trying and making new ones. Meeting new people is a good first step towards that goal. Let’s see where this path will take the three of us.”“Hopefully away from here,” Borna said ominously. “I still have the stench of Carver’s men in my nostrils.”“You think they caught up to us?” Astra’il asked.Borna shook herself like a wet animal. “Not sure. Maybe.