He hadn’t been joking when he’d told her that he was addicted to it, but to be honest he was more addicted to just spending time with her. He love... how she made him feel, so happy and lighthearted, as if nothing in the world could hurt him while she was there. He needed that feeling more and more as the tour wore on. His relationships within the other riders were strained at best. Andrea, the team leader seemed to be unable to close the 16 second gap that Micah had opened on him during the. Every summer by the pool I would try not to stare at her sexy yummy body.And the family would joke and make comments about how hung I was in my swim shorts. Mom would say "Well at least you got one good feature from your father"And then Mom and Brandy would laugh. I was too young to really get it.We lived in these really nice condo's that had a community pool and jacuzzi with trees around and we spent a lot of time there in the hot California summers. Well after dinner we asked mom if we could. I looked closer at the boy. "Tell me why a young woman would present herself as an even younger boy?"Her eyes got big as she quickly looked around, "Please Lord, please don't ever say that!" She quickly took another look around.I looked to my ladies and they both nodded, "Alright, I'm sorry for making such a mistake young Mr., hmmm, I don't seem to know your name." I'm sorry Lord, my name is Salis." Well then young Mr. Salis why would your master wish to see us?"Salis replied, "The protector. I failed to realize that; or rather, failed to understand what it truly meant.”“So why not just tell you?”“Because she’s afraid that I’d push back and tell her she had to compromise. And she doesn’t want to.”“How far are you willing to go?” Elyse asked.“As far as necessary,” I said.“Don’t compromise your values,” Elyse said.“It’s not about that,” I said. “It’s about understanding what she needs from me. Not what I think she needs.”We arrived back at the house and found Jessica in the sunroom.