Sex was so good with him. The next morning we woke to the same beach, and decided for an early morning walk, which started into an early morning escap...de, but as soon as I slipped my skirt up to let him have his way with me, we were intruded upon by a nudist colony of senior citizens. This however, was not a bad thing. They had set up a tent city, if you will, because they had rented out the beach for a get together. We were invited to join the festivities, and one of the women graciously let. I’m mentioning this because I need to plan for Amelia.”“You’re not going anywhere,” I said with false conviction.Betty sipped her tea. “I can’t live without him,” she whispered, a tear emerging. With a lace handkerchief she wiped her eyes, braced herself, and looked at me. “I cannot let Amelia hurt. I can’t leave her to the foster system. She’s been hurt enough for two lifetimes. I know she adores you and you like her. You’re the one I’m supposed to trust to take care of her.”Reaching down, she. Now here they were, having a wonderful romantic dinner to celebrate. As she started to rise from the table, he said, ‘wait’, and reached for her glass of wine, he pored more of the wonderful ruby liquid into the goblet and handed it back to her, then added more of the same to his. When he had set the bottle down on the table he lifted his glass and said ‘to new beginnings that never end’ She raised her glass to his and with tears forming in her eyes she took the wonderful toast and they both. "Taken aback, Jack looked at David suspiciously. "What do you mean, you hurt people", he asked. "Anyone who I felt was in my way, an obstruction to my goals, I ordered them to hurt themselves or disappear and never return", David said, shame in his eyes.As Jack listened, he thought back to earlier, how he had humiliated Lucy. She had never done anything to him, yet he hurt her because he was angry. "Maybe that's just the kind of person you are. Maybe the stone didn't do anything except give you.