Look, an all out war is out of the question right now, they're much too strong for us but if we can deny them the space to expand into, we might just ...ush them onto the backfoot and when we do have the strength out here we can take them on." I suppose," I said reluctantly."Look, the Navy is building ships as fast as it can," he said thumping his desk. "Good strong ships, fast and heavily armed but it all takes time. It's down to us to slow things down, give the Navy time." I see," I said. "So,. .I can feel the tears on my eyelashes...then rolling down my cheek..like the rain on the window pane..I roughly wipe that away...biting down on my lip...I feel I have drawn blood...but do I care...I just feel anger...dislike...I close my eyes....and have the vision of him..so clear..burned into my brain..Last night...him standing behind me..his strong arms around me...cupping my breasts...kissing my neck...there are goosebumps all over my body...I can feel every muscle in me tense up...he. ’ Her expression changed to a horrified panic when she saw Tom’s face, and she quickly added, ‘No, not like that, nothing like that, Tom, no, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you.’ She smiled, and for a second Tom saw the Darla he knew, the smiling optimist. ‘She misses you already, I’m sure, no, she’s not leaving and she loves you, you can count on that,’ she assured him. ‘She’s not like, running out on you, or in detox, or anything. No. Nothing like that.’ He voice tailed off at the end,. There were five targets I deemed worthy, and I let my touch do the talking.“You,” my fingers said as they brushed the chest of a powerfully built black man, loving the feel of his strong muscles beneath the texture of his silk shirt.“You too.” They were trailing the back of a neck now. The broad shoulders with ponytail began to follow in my wake.“And you,” the fingers said, grabbing a nice handful of ass on one of the studs. I gave a lingering thought to bringing the woman he was dancing with,.