”“Thank you,” Alice said. “You are beautiful, too.”“For an old woman. No wonder Ari doesn’t get aroused by me!”“I think that will ch...nge,” Alice whispered conspiratorially. I certainly had enough inspiration in front of me. Lehani with her dimples and firm round breasts; long tall Alice with the mounds I loved so much. I made another pot of coffee and we sat with smaller cups as Lehani brought the news of the day.“There is drumming this afternoon down at the beach,” she said.“There’s drumming. I sat there, baffled. What the Hell was going on?"Coffee? Lisa said you take yours black." She fished a thermos out of a bag I hadn't noticed and poured me a cup of the life-giving fluid. Our fingers touched as she handed me the cup and she blushed, turning her head away from me as if burying her face in her far shoulder.It was good coffee. "Thanks."She just nodded and refilled the cup.We sat in silence while I finished the second cup. She didn't join me. I declined any more."Do you have a. Ella stayed for hours the day I awoke, deep into the night, and held my hand and talked to me. I responded with my blink language as best I could, although I did manage to whisper how much I loved her. We cried together, but it was mostly tears of joy and relief and gratitude for each other, all we had left of our family.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ella stayed four more days, during which they performed surgery on my right leg and reset a couple of other fractures, including my left wrist. They told me that. Over supper on Tuesday, the girls also agreed that their studies had also picked up a gear or two from the first year, with much more being done in tutorials than in lectures, so that the students had no choice but to actively contribute and express their opinions. Julie said that this was quite a shock for some people, who had managed to remain virtually silent and unknown in the first year.We still had our Wednesdays after midday designated as 'sports afternoons', in case we wanted to.