It’s Anne, ‘ she said, smiling at him from beneath her long dark lashes. He then noticed then the biggest brown eyes he had ever seen. There was a...warmth and depth to them that seemed quite remarkable. She was a brunette with a strong chin and nose, high cheekbones and a mischievous laugh. ‘Half way between a Roman matron and a Greek goddess,’ he thought, irreverently. ‘Okay then, it’s Frank on this end ‘, he responded laughing. Something clicked, inexplicably, unconsciously, and without. Karen was surprised to find out this had been going on and never considered it a possibility. Karen looked up after reading it and asked "Jim are you ok with this?" Yes, Karen."She took time to reread the agreement. "Jim, why 43 years? And what's this about adultery?" Laughing I responded, "Your father asked me the same thing. In 43 years we'll be 65 years old. Consider it our retirement fund." Karen sat there smiling."If we work at making our marriage work and fail, then we divorce and move on. He approached the slave nearest to him, and pulled the boy’s head forward. Behind the collar was a crude bolt, rendering the metal collar permanently closed around the unfortunate naked slave animal’s neck. There was nothing they could do to remove the torturous symbol of utter slavery around their necks.Matt smirked to himself at their total loss of any dignity or humanity. This was so perfect. Treating these hunks of male flesh like beasts. What they deserved. He looked down the line. I was nearly crying when I said, “When I went shopping with Erin. I felt ill and I guess she recognized the symptoms so she had me take a pregnancy test.”“You’ve known since then? I’m guessing you were wanting to wait until your Mom got home to give the big news for the first time,” Steven asked.“Yes. I just felt that was the right thing to do. I hope you’re not mad,” I said.Steven was about to say something when he stopped and yelled, “Bree, watch where you’re going.”When she didn’t respond he.