Talking of wine, I get more than my fair share as presents. Everyone says, ‘enjoy yourself. Have a glass of wine tonight when the kids are settled.�...� What’s sadder, actually using a wine stopper, or drinking a whole bottle of wine without uttering a single word? This year, though, I took all the wine given with a smile because in seven days time he will be back from his holidays and back in my inbox. There were two more unusual presents. I had hoped for a new alarm clock – I’m fed up of being. I gave her one of my nightshirts to sleep in.She stood on the other side of the bed from me while we changed. Her slim figure in the lamp's glow caused that feeling again between my legs. I was thinking the curse wasn't due for another couple of weeks so why was this happening. When she'd crawled into bed, I blew out the lantern and got on my side.We said goodnight and I fell asleep right away. Sometime during the night I woke hearing some god awful noises. Then I remembered Becky was in my. A girl friend told me later when I told her the whole story that I might as well have called the girl a slut. She tried to explain it to me but I guess I just didn't get it. Not that I have a lot of time for dating anyway.Things had been pretty crazy at work. Our company had bought a small graphic arts group and my team was responsible for integrating them into all aspects of our business. I found myself working regularly with Karen, one of our new co-workers. She was terrific. I mean she was. Angie had dropped her reins on to her horse's neck and used her knees to guide her mount into turning after the steer. She threw the loop and let it wrap around the steer's back legs. When she saw she had made the throw she jerked the slack out of the rope and dallied off, stretching the steer's legs straight out behind him and stopping him. Looking over at Sebastiana and Frankie, Scott saw the same smile he had had earlier when Frankie had caught the runaway. Turning to Angie he said, "I think.