When the children were gone, Callie turned toward Cade, annoyed that he had sent the children away. "Why did you make them leave? Are you going to whi... me?" She challenged.Cade wanted to slap her because of the intense frustration he felt. Things had been building for awhile. "I told you that I expected you to do your part by cooking dinner and cleaning the house," he eyed the kitchen full of dirty dishes and felt his empty stomach rumble."I'm sick of this Cade," she quipped."And you think I'm. Beth came downstairs shortly after Martha had poured her coffee. Marthasaw the happiness and joy in this young woman. She didn't know how totake that. She almost wished that Beth had come downstairs in aregretful mood.Martha looked at Beth and sent her a non-verbal communication that said,"we both know what you did last night." Beth didn't back down, she sentMartha a non-verbal communication that said, "Damm right I did!" Please tell me you used protection, that you are on the pill.". Have pity on her just this once.” Her tears flooded his feet as her lips kissed them. Gabe was seriously taken back by these words and actions. His anger rose up also.“Cecilia, I told you back before you came here that as my daughter, we could not have sex. You agreed to that and have held to it all of this time. Why should now be different? Can you not wait until tomorrow to make love to Patrick?”“My Master,” Celia wailed in distress, “this has nothing to do with my love for Patrick. It has. Sure enough, Narbonne, France, appeared shortly after two that afternoon and we decided to push on to Montpellier. That would cut more than an hour from the long drive the next day to Bellwald.There was no reasonable short cut to avoid Geneva, Lausanne and the inevitable traffic around the lake. We resigned ourselves to getting up early and pushing through. I thought it might be seven to eight hours driving. I was sitting at the desk in our room, contemplating the long day when Kristiana.