Without thinking, I started to follow them, hoping to get another chance.Five minutes later, I spied them there, ahead of me, paused and looking back ...ver their shoulders at me. I loosed my arrow at too great a distance and it slowed greatly as it coasted into them, striking the mother on the flank but not sticking in. They took off again, and again I followed.All day I hounded them, trying to get close as they stopped. Each time, they moved on. It was a mercy they we staying in the shade of. I think that I love all of you ladies.”“Good. It will make things easier going forward.”“Easy for you to say,” I said, as looked towards heaven.I ate three sandwiches and the leftover of Jos’ third sandwich. We each drank four glasses of iced tea. I was finally feeling good and I looked over at Jos.“Let’s go and hit a lounge chair.”“Let’s go to the cabin and go to bed,” she looked very hopeful.“No, it is going to be difficult enough to sleep together tonight without getting a head start on it.. I understood now why she had been lost in thought this afternoon, and why she was talking to herself under her breath. She had not been struggling with her decision, or mourning our lost life together, as I had thought. She had guessed that this little scene was coming, and she had been practicing her God damn acceptance speech. I was a little put out that she had spent our last afternoon of freedom together that way, but then I thought, damn, what a class act!Bob stood up from the sofa and. Resting" he said with a smile and I giggled,"Uncle Otto, I was in bed with Amelia and believe me, what we were doing certainly wasn't resting!" I was being polite" he laughed as he handed me the glass of champagne, "Did I make a good choice in employing her for you?" Mmm, yes, you sure did, I've never had a maid before, how did you know she likes girls?" My secretary told me about her when I mentioned I wanted a maid for you, she knows Lizzie and just assumed that if you'd been living on an.