I headed off to shower while the ladies got dressed. Beatrice announced that dinner would arrive at four and that we would want to leave for the theat...r before five to find parking and have time to get to our seats.I took my time in the shower. It was one of the few moment I had solitude, and as I ran fingers through my hair to encourage the shampoo to lather up I considered the future.There was no question in my mind that I was making the correct decision for me. The news about the Sa'arm and. It made me wonder if someone had pulled in to the shore here before sailing on around the cliffs to the other side of the island. I made up my mind to have a look the next day–today–but it’s still early. I’m just having coffee. And wondering whose footprints those were and if she is still on the island. December 27 Yesterday I saddled up Pina, one of the Marquesan ponies I keep here, and rode the ridge trail up to the collapsed cone of the ancient volcano that made this island. From there I. Matters not. As they say, the optics are not optimal.I voiced my concerns to my partner. Well, she dragged some of it out of me. She knows me, okay?“Let me get this straight,” she said. “You’re worried that she’d be HERE and know that we’re doin’ it in the same house?”“Yeah,” I nodded.“But you’re okay with her staying with her mom and knowing that you ‘n’ me are doin’ it here while she’s there, an’ her mom is doing her stepdad in THAT house?” Giggle. “Do you have a geography problem? Proximity. “Uhhh, yeah, kind of, I mean, yes…… But don’t worry, I wont say anything to anyone and I mean, you’re drop dead beautiful so I didn’t really know how to turn away….” She pursed her lips at that, still sitting up, naked save for her arms draped over her chest, and her legs together and turned to the side a abit, giving him a sideview of her slender latte colored legs. Her eyes now took him in. Seeing his muscular build, a slight sheen on him from sweat, a chiseled face, what looked like somewhat.