Jessica’s eyes got bigger, “Oh wow! Sis, does that thing fit? You know, in there?”Linda wrapped her arms around Bob and peeked around him, giggl...ng, “It sure does. And it feels delightful in all of my tight little holes, too.”“Will it fit in me?”“When you’re just a little older it sure will.”Jess was now giving Bob the same manual inspection that Ed had gotten. Bob was grinning his appreciation. He whispered to Jess, “A little over a week older will do.”Jessica quickly climbed up on the board,. We all adjourned to the General's office, and I presented the reports and then gave a verbal rundown of the major facts of the incident. Both officers were astonished by the treatment of Clare and Saoirse. My account of the storm and the patrols left them in disbelief."How could the storm be so much more powerful there?" General Clark, an old winter campaigner himself, asked."I don't know. sir. I'm not a weather expert. Even the Wards, Saoirse's parents, said that the storm had been much less. ‘You’re joking right?’ Makena shamefully looked down. ‘Right?’ Marcus repeated. Groaning, Marcus opened his eyes and lifted his head to look at the woman draped across his body. ‘Makena, you do realize that while you were too busy torturing my poor neck last night, I carried you up the stairs? Or how about the fact that I moved your bedroom furniture last week when you got that new dresser?’ Makena said nothing. ‘Honey, you are not heavy to me. Actually, you are not heavy, period. So can we. I weighed far too little on her mind, weighed against what Alex could afford to give her, and her family who so desperately needed the money. She'd already done all that she felt ethically obligated to do for me. More than most would have done in her position, I imagine."This is our new reality now. We've both got to get used to it." She said, pacing thoughtfully around my head. "The sooner we do, the better." By now, I hope you realize that this is going to be fucking horrible. If not, you.