Linda said nice things about the way I look. I get that I'm still attractive and that I look younger than 49, even though my husband doesn't notice or...care. But I'm Stephen's mother for crying out loud. Still, he wouldn't be the first younger man who's shown interest in me. Not by a long-shot. What am I saying? He's not showing interest. He's my damn son!"Carly turned from her side to her back and stretched out on the empty bed, just warm enough under the covers. She wanted very much to sleep. As he got near the clearing he found himself behind a group of men who were agitated. He listened to what they were saying to each other.“Who are these warriors at the cave? I thought a small tribe would be easy, but they won’t listen to us. They say they are waiting for orders from their Chief, to attack us. To attack us? To attack US? I have never heard anything like it.”His companion responded, “Even worse: from their smaller size, I would guess that most of them are women. Whoever heard of. He buried himself in his work and in building his business. But after a few weeks, he began to think about the sex and the comfort and the satisfaction he had with Darla and he knew he wanted to find someone else. Someone just like Darla.Bill never knew that his father had stumbled onto his relationship with Darla. It was quite by accident, a casual remark by a business associate about seeing Bill at the Therrien house frequently. Fred's friend's wife was the prototypical nosey neighbor and was. "A date! She called this a date. I was so startled that I almost missed her next words. "We must do this again. Are you free tomorrow?"I gave her a big grin, and said "Ashley Thornton, you're on."While she paid (well, she had invited me), she took the time to slip two of her business cards out of her purse. She handed both to me and said "Put your phone number and email on the back of one of these, so I can call you."She took my arm as we headed back out to her car, and we didn't say much on.