“Oh, so I’m YOURS now? And what does that make Kel-”“Yeah, between us, I’m kind of over her. And this isn’t about her.” He was now stari...g me down intently.“But that doesn’t make me yours. I’m not some object.” I played with the hem of my skirt in an attempt to focus my attention elsewhere.“Aren’t you?” His hand was suddenly on my thigh, his fingers gripping tight. “I mean, we’ve known each other for years and you always come crawling back to me.”“I could say the same. This is a two-way. He cleaned them both up as best as he could and redressed her but first using his phone to take pictures of her beautiful naked body. An hour went by before Alyssa showed sign of waking up. He told her that she should see a doctor and she promised she would. Tuesday when she showed up for work she told him the doctor found she needed some vitamin supplements but was otherwise fine. She began making overtures to Ben to become closer and he suspected that she knew that he had used her but was. She offered her felicitations to Thomas and Mirabel, but a paragraph down there was a passage that made Thomas blink.Of course, with you being a post-captain now and even a knight, I am not hearing the end of Mother’s laments that I should have chosen you instead of my late husband. Indeed, I must admit that your advancement in the Navy is nothing if not miraculous, and that I would be much better off as the wife of an absent captain rather than as the widow of a dull old man who out of insane. " Mary reached for the pitcher. "Not a big deal, you slip Tony a sedative in his drink on a night when Lewis is doing the volunteer fireman duty thing. Lewis is a great guy, but feels at a disadvantage when he is with Tony. I guess Lewis is like a kid who didn't get to play with his favorite toy first. You know men have such F'n fragile egos. They all want to be Christopher Columbus, discover the new land. God forbid they are not the first to plant the flag. This will get them to par."I had to.