“I think it was about two years ago, about three months after John had introduced us that I began to realise I was falling for you.”“You covered...it up well, I never guessed at all.”“Neither did John. It took me until about four months ago before I got up the courage to admit to him how I was feeling.”“How did he take that?”“He was over the moon. He has been badgering me ever since I told him to say something to you.” Mandy said grinning, then her face dropped slightly. “And then when I did I. The initial hesitation of our first kiss was quickly replaced by another more forceful, more passionate … and another after that. Her hand had found my zipper and she struggled with it as mine ran underneath the sheerness of her negligee onto her smooth warm skin and found an erect nipple. I began playing the soft tip between my fingers and heard her breath quicken. “Come with me,” she said and stood up. Taking my hand she led me to her bedroom and turned to kiss me again. Her fingers found my. After we all had some coffee or wine, we sat in a semicircle in front of the fireplace. Jennifer and I sat in the middle, on a long sofa, with Mom next to me. ‘I know you all have a lot of questions about me and my relationship with Sherri but we’ll have a lot of time to get to know each other better,’ she said. ‘One thing I want you to know is just how deeply our love goes. We’ve already hurt each other terribly and survived because we both knew that we are going to be together the rest of. We'll be moving next week. His last day at the office in Bloomington will be two weeks from this Friday. I can... I can give you that weekend, but after that..." I understand," Devlin said with a heavy heart. She'd known this day was coming, now she just had to make the best of it."I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you did for us, Devlin," Sue went on, "but it's time to start a new life, for all of us." I've been preparing myself for this day for some time," Devlin said. "It's not.