It seemed like you were checking that I was real and not some illusion. I don’t think you were aware that you were doing it.”“Oh!” I hadn’t ...nown I was doing that. “I didn’t know!”“I told Mum about it while you were having your shower. She said you were the same with her this afternoon.”“I was? Oh!” I was starting to get embarrassed. This made me sound so pathetic. I pulled some of my hair around so it covered my face – hiding my shame from the darkness.“It’s okay. You had a pretty upsetting. Her smile grew wider.So it was not just a wonderful dream after all, she thought as she played with it with her finger.Sam tossed the sheet down and the pleasant smell of sex assaulted her nostrils. Even though Amy's sense of smell was much more sensitive than her's, it was Sam could smell it easily. She looked at the dangling green crystal that hung from her belly."I love it Amy. Thanks again," she said in a low voice."I will call and get you something to eat right away. What would you like. My most abject apologies for my stupidity and for letting them out of my sight." Who are the ones that have insulted me by fleeing?" Of the six that you chose to bring on your journey, only Kalyn, Mi Lee, and Amina remained in the lounge, Mistress. They are here should you wish to see them," he said, dropping into a deep obeisance."Yes, I do want to see them," she said.Hameez clapped his hands, whereupon Kalyn, Mi Lee and Amina shuffled in with a coffle chain around their necks and another. While having dinner my brother was all smiles talking about a boat he had found and that he wanted to get it, trade in his old one. Another thing he and Suzanne did not share, but now she was all supportive. I would not have noticed this before, but in the past she would have stopped such a thing from happening. She hated the boat. Obviously she must have felt some guilt, and was trying to 'indulge' him in other ways.I kept wondering how I would ever bring this up with him again, a 'how's it.