This is your place after all." It was Susan's turn to take a deep breath and hold it before letting it out. She had noticed that Bill did that a lot w...en he was in circumstances that could cause him to lose his temper. It did help to calm her nerves."Look Bill," Susan said turning towards the big man. "Have you ever lived around women and girls before?"Bill thought a moment then shook his head. "The only time was around my mom and sister when we were growing up." That doesn't count," Susan. If it is more than two, wait for me here for at least an hour, and then return to the others if I don't come back in that time."They agreed and I went ahead. I found much distress in the Calak when I got there. They were so distracted they weren't even amazed by me riding up on a cashda. I dismounted and hobbled Red about a hundred yards from their camp and then walked in.It was a smaller Calak than ours; actually it was more like the normal size, probably twenty-five adults, and maybe five or. Lidia just gave me a giddy questioning eyebrow."Just thinking of how to keep my purse on my shoulder, how long ago Iwould have dreamed of having that problem," I let her in on my personaljoke."I am sure you will have lots more of those little problems so solvenow, Ms Normalcy," Lidia commented with a warm smile.I returned her smile, laying my head on her shoulder. "I love swimmingLidia."She laid her head against mine as we carefully walked down the hall."I know you do and I am glad I could be. Don't like what you see in the morning, screwing up a friendship, guilty about cheating, whatever?”“Nope,” I say, spitting my toothpaste out. “None of that.” Her comment about cheating made me think about my girlfriend maybe for the first time since before dinner last night. Things are okay between us, but we aren't that serious, and even though I guess I should feel bad, I really don't.“That's good,” she says again. She tests the shower water again and steps in.I finish brushing my teeth, and.