."On instinct I take a step towards him and start to reach out with myhand to touch his face. My fingers find his chin and tilt his headupwards, away ...rom the floor to look me in the eyes."You're my ..." he starts to say, but I cut him off with a kiss, a softtender kiss on the lips that takes him by surprise, and that startswith a little push which he leans into. I take his hand and lay it onmy breast, while my other hand travels obviously down his chest. Myfingertips push down inside his. She'd been trying since they first got married. There was a lot of crying and apologies that night, and we worked things out. Six months later she was pregnant, and I had graduated. Everything was so much better. There's always remained a little competitiveness, but nothing too bad. Until now." Now? How?" She's trying to take you from me."That was like a slap in the face. "That's crazy talk, Mom."She didn't like that. "Don't tell me what's crazy! I know her. You don't. To you she's the fun,. ” Kailya begged.The Sultan watched Gemma’s face,“I will not tell you twice slave, count everyone one your mother’s lashes or Jarzia will give her two.”, his eyes’s daggers daring the virgin’s defiance.Gemma snapped, her eyes burnt into the Sultan,“Let my mother go now.” She whispered.The Sultan’s motioned with his hand.“Add another ten lashes.” He ordered.It happened suddenly, Gemma felt a beautiful heat radiate from her chest. A magical force picked up Jarzia and threw her across the room. Thr. Vacations in Bali, Cabo and the Seychelles, skiing in Aspen, jewelry, thousand dollar a bottle cognac. Lawyers for my defense. But yeah, she disappeared everything we had left when she dropped the papers on me.”“Couldn’t you find it?”“She’s an accountant so she was pretty thorough. They’re pretty damn good at hiding money, too. It’d take money, time and lawyers to dig that shit out, and I didn’t have any of those. When I get my feet under me, maybe I can get it looked into and sue for my.