As a result, it was over two weeks before he had a chance to get into the city and hit a few of the bars Candi had mentioned. Though she had said they...had a presence of T-girls and cross dressers there, he decided to check them out first as himself. He went to the first one, and after one beer, decided the “gurls” there were a bit too outrageous for him. But the next two places he went to looked quite promising. The last one he stopped in appeared to be mainly gay men, with a few lesbian groups. They may change in time or not. It’s theirs to decide but we will take care of them regardless.”I looked at Fern and she winked at me. “I remember you Fern. I remember how you taught me so many things, not just how to fuck for you. You were so amazing. You demanded a lot of me but I loved you so. Forgive me for saying but I would love to fall in love with you all over again.”She came over to me wading across the spa and sat in my lap facing me. “It’s been a long time Tom. Remember?” She reached. He pulled the smoke deep into his lungs, holding it, savoring it, before exhaling. As he looked across the street at her brightly lit form, he brought his beer bottle to his mouth, knocking back a good slug. He could hear the faint sounds of her music as it drifted across the street. More than that he could see her moving in time to the beat. Night after night he came out here and watched her work in the kitchen. Until she moved in he never knew that a woman might actually. “On the seas, ye learn to pay attention tae little things at the edge of your perception. Chills, changes in wind, the color of the sky on the horizon. Anything that might give ye a warning that things might get rough. Tonight’s like that. Feels like a storm coming.”“Because of her?” Bella gestured in the direction the doctor had gone. Captain Vex shrugged. “Because of lots of things. She’s just part of it.”“Are you worried?” Bella asked.Captain Vex smiled. “Nae. I love.