She hears the cries of a thousand sea gulls as they vied for what they considered their rightful place among the other gulls. As she sat in the sand w...tching the waves go about their endless crashing and retreating she allows her mind to wander back to a different and so much happier time. A time when self discovery was as new and as exciting as the thought of you was. She smiles to herself as she remembers the first time he had ever written back to her as she commented on a story he had. "No, John... no... I don't want that... We've never... no, John... please... take it out... please, John, take it out, John!"He gives no sign of hearing a word that I have said. "John, no, we have never done this. We always agreed you are too big or rather I am too small. You'll tear me apart." I turn my head, trying to see John, but he is bent over my back and I cannot see his eyes.Finally he answers, his voice behind me, close to my ear. "Relax, Peggy, I won't hurt you. Things are going to be. .. Wow. I think there's been a mistake!”“A mistake? Whatever do you mean?”“I don't know how to say this without sounding rude... I'm not gay.”“That's a relief” she responded before draining her glass and setting it down on the window ledge. “I'm not gay either. If I was, I 'd have asked for a woman.”Dan's brain blew a fuse. He had no idea how to respond to that. As he eyed her youthful body up and down, he recalled a conversation with some of his colleagues. They had encountered women whose. Linda looked around, enjoying the delightful view of the sky, the ocean, the nearly-naked bodies -- many beautiful, many not so beautiful. She knew people stared at them. It excited her. Even more exciting that they had no idea of the power she held over Cindy. The power they agreed would last a year. And that year was coming to an end.They reached the gate to the private stairway, leading up to their beach house. Linda let go of Cindy's hand, and unhooked the tiny key ring attached to the.