"We sat and drank for a while, enjoying each other's company without saying much. "Did Ab give you any idea how long he'd be gone?" I asked."He said a... least a month, and maybe as long as a month and a half. I miss him, Jase."I didn't know what to say to that, so I just nodded. A few minutes later, Tess came out, and stretched like a big cat."Morning," she said as she poured herself some coffee.We told her good morning, and she came over and sat by me. She put her arm around me and leaned her. "I didn't move.He quickly walked over to me, grabbed my hair, pulled me into thebathroom and shut the door."Oh my!" I said as he pulled me.With clenched teeth he said, "I asked if you like what you see."I was very scared, I said, "Y Y..Y ..Yes sir." No," he said. "I'm not sure you got a good look."Still grabbing my hair he pushed me to my knees and threw his jockstrapto the floor. With both hands he grabbed my head, pushed my face into hissweaty crotch and rubbed my face all around it.In about. I think this one might live."I felt a load slide off my shoulders and felt like crying, but we still had work to do."OK, Sam, I'm releasing the clamp on her aorta. Tell me what her pressure's doing!"I watched Marty release the clamp and then watched the aorta below it begin pulsing."Pressure?"Sam checked again. "It's OK. It dropped to 70 but it's coming back up again. I think she'll need at least six or eight units before we're done."Marty looked at me over his mask with a smile in his eyes. "I. " To us, my darling wife."They both took a sip. "Yum!" they said together.Victoria chuckled. "I think it's catching. Dickie and Wendy were doing it too. Hey, do those French windows lead anywhere?"Mark went and looked. "Yes," he said. "There are steps down to the garden. Shall we take our drinks there?"There was a beech tree with a bench seat round the trunk and they sat there."When are we going to start having children?" Victoria asked."Not too long, I hope, but we're young so there's no.