She was unhappy that she had probed and touched a sore point. ‘Now and then,’ I confessed. I sat down in the only available chair and waited for t...e arrival of Chuck, whoever he might be. I decided two could play at this quiz. ‘Where are you from?’ ‘Somewhere else,’ she said after a brief pause. ‘What are you running from?’ I pressed. She looked at me, deciding whether or not to answer my question. At some point,she made up her mind. ‘A collection of assholes,’ she said with a straight face.. I ordered that no quarter be given to the pirates, since we were going to hang any that were not immediately killed in the battle. That was fine with our men, so that was the plan.We knew that we would not be boarded except by individuals, so Nina was released from her bodyguard duties and Cookie replaced her. She was champing at the bit to join the fight and the reassignments were made. Everybody but Cookie was in favor of this because he was considered the most valuable man on board, even. You’ve known since yesterday. I knew as soon as the doctor told me I had cancer. The way he looked at me, the way I felt; I knew. I didn’t tell you because you were so hopeful that we could fight it, but I knew.”I looked at Sasha and the hurt must have been showing, because she grabbed me by the arm and pulled me into a hug as I started crying again.“My love, when I talked to Diana,” Sasha held me tightly to her. “I told her that I was going to die and that I was going to want to marry you. His warm skin against my cool body felt good as he pinned me down and started kissing my already swollen lips. He got straight to work and I knew he was just as horny was I was. This time he was much more gentle and I relaxed myself into the soft bed and took his full weight and wrapped my arms around his broad back. It felt so good to feel those heavy thighs pushing onto me and we kissed as if we had done this before. This stranger was very good at kissing, which was always a good turn on for.