I admit that I did something dumb and am trying to make up for it.” She grunted and her level of hostility noticeably dropped. For which I was glad,...I liked this Sister and really didn’t want her mad at me.We finished dinner and had brandies while we quietly unwound. I paid the bill and we separated at the door with telling each other that we would see one another tomorrow.I came home to an empty house, the girls were still next door so I went outside and worked on my complex form that. And now that I had a weapon, I could show them up again, for none of them had something so fine as forged and crafted steel. Then reality set in, and I realized that no matter how fine a weapon it was, I had no idea how to use it. My excitement at the day’s catch had sent me to my hole so quickly that it was a long and cold night filled with hunger pains. Winter was nearly upon me. No, I did not go the Temple of Melnar that night, or for many nights thereafter. I kept the dagger hidden about my. . told her, yet? About her mother, I mean?"George's eyes narrowed. "The agreement was to never tell her, Doc. Why would it change now?" I know, I know," the doctor said quickly. "I understand that. But it occurs to me that with Mary and you... separating... ah. Well, perhaps she would like to know the truth after all these years?"George stared at the elderly little Jew intently. He could feel guilt riding up in his stomach and it was a feeling he hated more than anything in the world. "She. I calmed myself, though. She wasn't my girl. Hell, we were barely friends. Still, I felt uncomfortable with his salacious fixation to the point of growling, like a feral wolf protecting his favorite part of the game. If Seth heard me, he didn't show it. In the end, I couldn't blame Seth for looking, for the woman's ass was impossible to miss. It was perfectly round and perfectly plump, ripe as a peach on a hot Georgia afternoon, luring like forbidden fruit. I wondered if this was how.