I know I must have paused for longer than I should, but I asked ‘You called about a fire here?’ She looked a bit perplexed. I stared. After all, y...u have to take advantage of scenery like this as it’s presented, right? ‘Oh. I think my husband might have called you.’ Lucky Bastard. ‘Let me find him’ she said, and stepped back. I, misunderstanding, stepped up to enter the house. She put her hand up like a traffic cop and said ‘No! No one uses the front door except family and friends. Help goes. No one objected and we headed up the sand hill and found there were loads of nice hide away spots there. Simon spotted a large area that was flanked on all sides by sand and grass. We dropped in and discovered that with zero breeze it was very warm indeed ! We placed some beach matting and blankets down so we could lye down. Lucy threw my shorts to me and I stripped off. Simon said nah don't bother with those no one can see us here. We can Lye naked and get some rays. It was a proper sun trap. Yuri: Why do you want me to cheat on you?Me: Its not cheating if I asked you.. Cheating is the secretive part.Yuri: Can we start slow first?Me: How?Yuri: Maybe he can just watch? If I can handle it, we can move on.I was shocked that she was easily convinced so I agreed.She pulled out her phone right then and there and called Zach. It was around 10 on a saturday night and Zach answered at a noisy bar. Yuri: Zach!Zach: Yuri!Yuri: What are you doing?Zach: I am at the barYuri: Come over and drink. She would on occasion, seem to slip back into a silent darkness, but for the most part, Christine had been so quiet and reclusive, Antoinette had allowed the girl to do as she wished."If I had just paid more attention to her, perhaps I would not be so worried now, but life was hectic. Meg was only five years old and between working and caring for the girls' physical comforts, I had little time to worry over Christine's reticence. In a way, her silence was a relief, but then ... then, when.