The distant ceiling towering over the open space was almost lost in the shadows and the smoky haze of the great room. Rustic rough wooden balconies ri...ged the wall on all sides at the second story level. Thousands of LED icicle lights hung from the unpainted railings and stairways. A soft, comforting glow bathed the room in the soothing and pleasant colors of an autumn sunset.Sheila directed us to accompany her to her upstairs office. She stood about five feet six inches and was a good looking. I lifted her face slightly off my shoulder upward towards me and with one arm still around her neck, kissed her lips like a lover kiss. Her eyes opened momentarily and then closed again. She did not pull back, and remained still. I then began to kiss her lips again and this time she also started to respond. I was in heaven. Her lips on my lips, kissing and feeling the softness of each other… Just heaven. Even now I get goose-bumps (and an erection) thinking about that moment.After few minutes,. I and Mary settled down with our book, Mary offered to bring some wine which I obliged. She returned with two glasses, poured the wine, and we resumed reading. After sometime I glanced up in surprise to see Mary really upset. I moved over and she said that something in the book conjured up memories of her ex-boyfriend, who had just dumped her. She was emotional, and I put my arms around her. She started describing this guy and how affectionate and warm he used to be. It was really cozy and I. In his eyes, her blonde hair formed a golden halo around that pain filled face, making Cathy appear almost angelic, an impression reinforced by the ethereal paleness of her body. Kehalis wanted to stop this, to save the beautiful woman being ravaged before his eyes; but, at the same time, he wanted even more to see her brutally taken, to see her nude body ravaged by a man, even if that man was the Arab. So he stood and watched, ashamed but at the same time unable to do anything else. He was.