Hmm.’ He considered but he had dinner on the warm and lots more planned. ‘Not now Mei, but thanks. Let’s have dinner.’ ‘But I’m so content...with you in my mouth like this. Really,’ she said brightly, ‘I just love it.’ He had grilled a trout and made some ratatouille and asparagus though they really didn’t go together. For the starch he pulled out some fluffy cornbread he had waiting in the oven. They ate at the dinner table for the first time, a bit of a fruity Alsatian wine he liked rounding. I not only lacked the inner strength to break it off, but I wouldn't admit to myself that I liked what was happening. With Emma it was mostly what we did in private that I found disturbing yet exciting, now with Darlene I had actually been naked with her outside. Although it was in the dark in the countryside, there was still a chance of being discovered had someone come along and spotted the car. Did I have a secret desire to be caught? Or perhaps I did have a hidden desire to be an. ”“I’m going to have cross country practice on Mondays. And meets on Saturday!”“You get an easy loosening up run on Sundays. You’ll be fine.”I groaned but I was thankful for the training Nan encouraged me to do and her company on the trails. I missed having Livy with us but Em said she’d run with us at least some of the time. I had a feeling, though, that Em was going to start working with Desi, Beca, Brittany, and Cindy now that we all figured we were a year away from basic training.Nan and I. Divided among the four of them, they had very little to carry. I know Hawk could have carried me all day himself, but I tried to only ride him half of the time. He didn't particularly like that, but he put up with it.By now, Cassie and I had put in a lot of miles together. Some of them were on foot, but most were on horseback. Whatever the mode of travel, she was a pleasure to be with. Kate was turning out to be just as good a traveling companion as Cassie was.In warmer weather we would have.