It was hard to tell with her kind. They aged much slower than humans. He stared into the sad, resigned eyes and his heart gave a little jump when they...looked back and made contact. Then the auction began. The auctioneer was a large elf with a brassy voice and a lewd sense of humor. He was a great hit with the locals with his judicious blend of jokes and business acumen. You never felt cheated at Ellidran’s sales. The jokes were worth the time if not the money. Sometimes a scribe would write. I said that's fine with me , then I hit the garage door closer and told him let me know what you decide and I started toward the house. He said I'll call you , fine I said ,over my shoulder as I was almost running toward the back door. In the house I called out my wife's name, she said she was in the bed room. I started stripping as I went down the hall. When I got to the door I could hear a familiar sound. She had her vibrator in bed with her. I walked to the foot of the bed and watched her,. I smiled broadly at her as I stood looking down at her. I could clearly detect the aroma of sex! I leaned over and kissed her on the mouth. She put her arms around my neck and pulled me closer! As she did, I could see Omar starting to leave, but I turned my head and asked him if he'd like to eat dinner there, at the resorts restaurant. "I'll pay," I went on. "Just stay a while longer. Okay?" He hesitated, but I insisted, and he then agreed. I was happy that he had!As we sat in the restaurant. “Sorry to hear about your loss, Mr Bird,” said one young nurse, sympathetically, before I could speak, “Your father was a real gentleman. We are going to miss him around here.”“Thank you, thank you for comforting him through these last few weeks and days, I know he appreciated you all as I do very much.”All three clucked like mother hens, their own mutual sadness pushed to the background as they switched their caring towards me in my moment of grief.“I wanted to have a quiet word with you,.