"Sort of," he admitted and Lydia frowned angrily at him."I told you not to. You promised."Ezra shrugged and gave a raffish grin. "Yeah, well. He was a...king for it. And he can't go messin' with ya like that."Lydia sighed and took a sip of her coffee. "Well, I don't like it," she said firmly. "I don't want people fighting over me." It wasn't a fight," Ezra replied and adjusted his T-Shirt. "I just told him what would happen if he messed with you again."Ezra glanced over at Susan and greeted her.. We made do with taking a tour of the city and what we could see of the military base. Vasiliy got us some rooms and we tried to act patient.Winter was a wet time in this area and I felt a storm coming on. Vasiliy went out and rented a car and we drove out of town. Our silver was placed in a pile in a barren area and the two of us sat in the car nearby.Vasiliy started to talk but had to quit because I no longer had the translating device. We simply had language lessons where I taught him Ladra. You squeezed my waist as if to affirm that I was really, truly there."Hey...I'm ticklish," I protested. I tucked my forefinger under your chin and tilted it up toward me as my lips sought out yours. I kissed you gently, but affectionately. "How's that for positive identification, Ma'am?"The way you kissed me back was all the reply I needed. We stood there for a few minutes, kissing sweetly in a loving embrace."Mmm..." I sighed. "It sure is good to see you again." It's been too long," you. ” Julia certainly did! After the gaming was over, Melissa would take a final spin. Wherever the little white ball settled, that would be the number of cane strokes Julia would receive on her return ... be it zero or 36. Oddly enough, Melissa always played fair about this. “I haven’t given you a good hiding lately,” said Melissa, “so I hope I can make it a good one!” Julia’s mouth twitched. It was bad enough to be punished for faults ... but to be punished for her Mistress’s amusement was worse!.