I make my way back to my starting point, gently pulling her into my arms as I do; her uncertain eyes never leaving mine."Are you sure?" I kiss her pas...ionately, but gently so as not to mess up her lipstick or makeup. "You look utterly stunning Mom. Everyone will be looking at you tonight." At this, she lightly kisses me back (the kind that leaves you wanting more) and whispers "I love you Babe." Come on, we've got an evening planned." Smiling adoringly, I offer my arm to her and she loops her. “This way she said,” as he shuffled behind her down the hallway. Her hand was cool, but he could feel the pulse inside of it, surprisingly strong. A minute later, he was looking into a nicely furnished, warm guest bedroom. The pillows and blankets seemed heavenly. He barely remembered crawling into bed, and she hit the light, leaving him in the dark, moonlit room. He was asleep within minutes.He didn’t know when he woke up, other than the moon was still out, and he could hear a creak. The. Take care and remember, I do love you."I picked up my papers and left her office, feeling a bit empty in my heart but on the other hand I'm not ready to give up on her. Her willingness to have dinner on Friday was a good omen in my mind.In the morning I spent most of my time working on the proposal for the army so that I could send it to the guys for their review.Just before noon the mailman showed up with three registered letters for me. I signed for them and went back to my office, closing. But, being the decent person he is (I really am ), he decided to break the ice by commenting on a couple of images that she had posted in the room.Lo and behold, she replied somewhat quickly commenting, and complimenting a couple of the images that he too had posted, and so began a four hour exchange of images, compliments and personal details that had them both smiling by the time it came to saying goodbye, promising that they would “do it again soon”.He was deeply shocked to find that, even.