The Colt was the old fashioned cap and ball style, so I had a couple of extra fully loaded cylinders to carry in my pockets in case I needed a quick r...load.When I walked back outside, Ma saw me and that I was wearing the Colt. She said, "Hiram, you know your pa told you not to wear that gun unless he was with you. Now, you go back inside and put it where it belongs!" I can't, Ma. It's time for me to go to work swamping at the saloon, and you know that Mr. Jones said that he would fire me the. Henry VIII married and disposed of wives in a constant effort to get a male heir. Queen Elizabeth I, one of the strongest queens in history, was under unrelenting pressure to get married and have babies. It was almost enough to make me regret being born a woman."Then one day in school, I'm reading a diary that is a couple of hundred years old. It says women can use sex for love, for fun, and for survival of the family. I was enthralled when she described how the wife of the miller saved the. Tina had her clothes together and said, "I have my dark blue dress that's similar to Lisa's. Is that why you give me so much attention when I wear it?"When we were ready, the house girls all wanted to go with us, but I told them, "You girls are going with us on the boat. One of these days, I'll take you back to Costa Rica, but right now, this trip is for one of the girls down there."From Tampa to Limon, Costa Rica is only a little over twelve hundred miles so we were landing in less than two. In the dead of night, about three hours before dawn, I gradually woke up realizing Carlotta was petting me. I lazily began to caress her shoulders.She sighed and rose up a bit, kissing me."Hmm," I mumbled. "Can't sleep?" There's a fire somewhere, a big one I think." Huh?" That woke me up."Listen." Through our open bedroom windows a cool summer breeze was blowing, carrying the faint sound of many sirens in the distance. Carlotta sighed again. "It must be a big one. I don't think the fire's close.