Howie was in the hall when the phone rang.He heard, "I am sorry. Men can be such dummies some time." Leave now and don't tell me you have something mo...e important," Dorothy said."You can stay with me tonight. Tomorrow is the shower anyway," Dorothy said.He walked back to his parents' house.Dorothy showered and tried to get Howie out of her. Damn you Howie.Dorothy heard Mike. "Mike, I am in here. Come here, I need you." I am with my parents," he said.Dorothy said, "I don't need them. I need you,. I was broken and I didn’t care if I was ever going to be fixed. My Sasha was gone. Other than sleep, there was no reason for me to go home. There was nothing there for me, and the apartment was now emptier than I could have ever imagined. It seemed to be smaller and darker than before.I retreated back to my old hermit self. I came to work, and I went home. After a couple of weeks of that pattern, I found out that the ladies had keys to my apartment. They tried to drag me out the door and to the. The pearl was warm and oddly convoluted, very smooth."Ugly, isn't it," she said. "But valuable, I'm told. It's a present from my intended, Captain Moore, Charles Francis Robinson something-or-other Moore, the man I'm going to marry. He is the owner of a fine home in the Downs, a widower, a second son. His brother is a baron, don't cha'know." She smiled with the imitation British accent.I shook my head, sad that all this beauty was going off to bed some antique Brit."He said it came from Asia,. ‘Mmmmmm, I’m glad. I love it when I make you hard.’ After a few more moments of kissing and snuggling she said, ‘You’d better … steady me … while I’m on the ladder.’ Her eyes were lustful – inviting, and I knew why she insisted on going up the ladder. ‘Um hmm.’ We broke apart and she started up. At first I held her waist – then I slipped my hands under her skirt to steady the naked curves of her hips and thighs – and finally her knees. ‘Mmmmm, your hands feel … so strong … steady me … as much.