”Roman get to hint not to push the matter. Instead he hugs her closer and asks, “What happened to your husband“There was a training accident,”...Lucy says, holding back the tears that threaten to pour out. “And I have spent the last year mourning him. I never thought love could be possible until I ran into you on the street.”“So it was love at first sight then?” he asks, raising an eyebrow at her.Lucy begins tracing small circle on the inside of his thigh. “You can say that.”The fire that blazes. I stuttered out my name along with a nice to meet you. He then boldly asked me if I liked what I saw. I played coy and said yes I have been wanting a new shower curtain for a while just do not know which one to pick. He starred deep into my eyes and said you know what I meant. I swallowed the lump in my throat and before I could answer he was behind me whispering in my ear, "We both know we wanna fuck each other till we pass out." He put his hands on my hips and gave my neck a kiss. I could. I was already at the docks; I watched the first rays breech the horizon and turn the black water gold. All day I worked and sweated on those docks, and by the time I had finished, the sun sank red behind the mountains.That sunrise and sunset stick in my mind. I think about them every day. I can still see them, burned into my brain, even though I have long forgotten the warmth on my face. You see, that day, over two hundred years ago, is the last time I ever saw the sun. Since then, all I can. It sat high on a river bench, overlooking the small sawmill town, in a neighborhood that had been developed when an elderly orchard owner had decided to subdivide the property rather than replace the aged and unproductive apple trees. It was an open, warm, comfortable and safe area. She sensed a surrounding neighborly spirit, each home on a large lot without fences. There was a mix of older and younger families, where children played, rode bicycles along the blacktop lanes, and older high.