”Sara stood up and hugged her.“You know my mom always taught me it was polite to leave just a bite left on the plate when the meal was done, but I...��m afraid I have no manners today because I just couldn’t leave even one bite, I hope you don’t mind?” Sara said with a smile.“Millie, we have to go but I’ll have to stop by again just as soon as I can.” Sloan was saying as he hugged her, and in that moment, he slipped a twenty-dollar bill in her apron.“Good, I’ll be waiting.” She said as she waved. The port was three times the size of Blue Harbour and Oak Hall combined. It had a stone breakwater across the inner harbour that offered a safe port for ships offloading goods and taking them on. The quay actually had small to medium size cranes mounted beside the various berths that could be employed loading and unloading ships. We were met by an assistant to the Harbour Master as we approached the opening in the breakwater and brought him aboard when he hailed us. The man was a pilot who. That is how it works in arranged marriages.”“Learn?”“Did you love me from the start?”“No, of course not.”“Are you in love with me?”Clarissa smiled, “I get your point. You and I grew to love each other, but we were never ‘in love’ in the way most people mean it.”“That’s what will happen with Lara, if she’s up for the challenge.”“You think she is.”“I do.”June 24, 1984, McKinley, Ohio“Subdeacon, where is Maggie?” Father Nicholas asked on Sunday morning before Matins.“I believe she’s at home in. I told her we could take my car, admittedly because I wanted some roadhead, but she made a good point about her van and not being disturbed."So," she asked as we were driving, "have you ever had sex in a car before?" Aside from roadhead from my wife's cousin, no." You dog," she said with a laugh. "Well, with me being as tall as I am and you being 6'6", we'll be a little cramped, but I'll make sure you have a good time." I wouldn't expect anything else," I said.Once we were out in the country,.