.Who else has slept in this bed ?”.Knowing precisely what she was asking, I quickly put her at ease,“Gina, my love !. Nobody's slept in this bed b...t me. Apart from the craftsmen who carved and assembled it. Or the people who did the curtains for me. Nobody else has even seen it. You're the first to set eyes on this creation. Go and lie in the middle, get comfy then look up at the canopy. Tell me what you see”.Giving me a curious look, she did as asked. Not getting a reply, I closed the side. “I feel safe, honey. Safe because we’ve always got each others’ backs. I love how I can always ask you and you’ll tell me straight. Honey, promise me we’ll never lose this. Lose this love and honesty we have.”“Of course, honey. We’re a team. You’re my soul and life, darling, and I’m never going to let anything or anyone change that.”With a final shared loving look and goodnight kiss, I knew that Sue had slain whatever doubts had been troubling her, as we drifted off to sleep.Parallel linesAsk. In no time at all she had theload going."Thank you," I heard a weak voice say from the other side of the showercurtain."Oh, no bother," I said. "We do laundry most every day anyway. Are youfeeling any better?" Some." You don't feel like falling asleep anymore?" No. Too cold for that." That's good. We'll leave you in there a little while longer, and thenyou can drain the water and give yourself a good, hot scrubbing bath.How does that sound?" Sounds good." If you feel strong enough, I'll leave. It is kind of a rough neighborhood,” he looked them over. He was trying to make sense of why they were on the ground.“Yes Sir, it can be, but we like it rough” Melanie answered him sweetly. She didn’t get up. Savannah wasn’t going to stand up if Melanie didn’t.“Can I ask why you are crawling around naked outside?” George seemed puzzled. He had only ever had vanilla sex with the girls in the back of Melanie’s car.“It is a long story, Sir,” Melanie answered dismissively. She felt stupid at his.