I braced myself, suspecting what she wanted to ask. Taking my silence as permission, Erica asked, ‘Did I really make you lose control that way? I me...n you weren’t, you know, punishing me. For what I was doing with Tom?’ ‘Huh?’ I said, startled. ‘Punishing you? Of course not, Erica. I meant what I said.’ ‘So,’ she said, forging ahead, ‘You wanted me. You wanted to…fuck me?’ Dizziness swept over me. ‘How could any man see you and not want to,’ I said, and that answer seemed to please her.. And...I don't know. She won't promise me that she'll give it up.”“She loves you.”Chase's smile was sad. “But does she love being a nun more? I don't know. I've loved so many before, and those relationships always ended with me alone. I'm not sure I was ever meant to be happy.”“Try for her.” I grasped her hands. “Please. For her. Live a normal life with her. I know she'll give it up. She loves you so much.”Chase hugged me again. “You are so wonderful. Thank you for saving for me all these. I bet you’re wondering who’s the girl standing on the porch. Well, that’s my cousin Lisa. She’s twenty-three years old, 5'7" tall, with brown eyes, long curly dark brown hair, a thin body, and 36B cup tits. I never really had any sort of friendly relationship with Lisa. In fact, I secretly disliked her. We were cousins, only that. She was having her engagement party that day. I never met the guy, but I was guessing that he was a nerd with glasses, shorter than her with bad teeth and braces.. "We'll be there as soon as your mom and the other women finish up in the kitchen."Arlene jogged on down the hall, grabbed a coat by the inside garage door, ran down the stairs past the Escalades, then out the small garage door. She hardly noticed the shock of the icy winds hitting her face as she jogged on toward the Ship, her emotions cycling between scared and elated, finally settling on worried.Inside the Ship, she doffed her coat and continued her jog toward the bridge. Mid-stride her.