The King of San Bonito scoffed at the possibility of invasion, but offered a condition by which San Bonito would enter the war on Verdanland’s side:...a distasteful condition. Many nobles and princes had come from lands near and far to woo the King of Verdanland’s daughter. Known for her long thick red hair, soft, smooth, delicate skin and lovely form, every man, marriageable and not, was interested in her. As the sole heir to the King and Queen of Verdanland, she stood to inherit the throne.. It was, wife made a ‘Tika’ on husband’s forehead. I looked in broken mirror, oh God, my ‘sindoor’ dot get distorted in shape. It is no more rounds but a big bright red smudge on my forehead. My looks appear like “a bride, just taken”. Shames of doing ‘dirty’ things with own son at dawn is killing me inside. Like a fish I turned down & I tried to flee. I drift in bed. But my son’s strong hands grabbed my both ankle and twisted me. I whirled in bed. He pulled me in his lap. I fly like a pigeon in. At the same time, we wanted to give her opportunities to make her own choices. As it turned out, the perfect opportunity--that is, if any such opportunity could be considered "perfect"--came up late in the summer. By now we'd had several afternoons where Lee and I had been fooling around, nothing too heavy, out by the pool, and Julie had been around for some of the time, but not a lot.On those few occasions where we'd been skinnydipping, we were careful to put our suits back on before sunning. He took her hand,kissed it, smiled, and began to speak. “Dear Kelly, myname is Ian, and I hope to take care of you and be goodto you, and hope you do the same to me. Take my hand,and follow me.” Ian guided her through the room and out the main doorsas Maddy looked on smiling. She was standing next tothe mistress, who was caressing her shoulders. Kellythought to herself, just how much time and what wasMaddy doing with this woman? And how and where was Lea? Kelly was led to a large.