‘ Is Mrs. Simmonds not joining us this morning?’ Cassie asked. ‘Ah!’ he replied, ‘Slight change of plan there I am afraid. She was not actua...ly Mrs. Simmonds, she is fucking her boss and now, she never will be Mrs. Simmonds.’ ‘Oh dear! I am sorry’ Cassie exclaimed awkwardly. ‘Don’t be. Things are starting to look up already. He said looking deep into her eyes. She held his gaze for a moment smiled and quickly turned and moved towards the car. For her part Cassie couldn’t help feeling a flutter. And he loved animals. His parents didn't own a farm, but there was enough acreage he could wander safely. And plenty of wildlife to watch and enjoy. And while he didn't own a pet at home, he would rescue wounded or sick animals, nurse them back to health, and release them back into the wild.The long forgotten local goddess of nature and fertility noticed this one day and watched over him. No harm came to the young boy when he was out in her woods. Bears would just sniff at him indifferently,. The outnumbered Greeks were not only able to defend their territory, but they pushed the entire Italian Army out of Greek Territory into Albania in complete disarray.Needless to say, the Fuhrer was explosively outraged.He did not blame Mussolini directly for the debacle but laid the adventure at the feet of Mussolini’s military staff and the core of his political advisors that were totally inexperienced in such matters and had a view of the Greeks as some sort of sheep-tending wastrels with. Steve looked at her, wondering who this woman was. He'd married her after dating off and on for two years. Those two years had been broken a quarter of the way through for almost six months after an argument about exclusivity. They'd been married for four years now, so he'd known this woman for six years. No, that wasn't quite right. He did not know her. He didn't have a clue why she would betray the marriage. In fact, he decided, he didn't know her at all.He examined her, trying to see her as.