‘Good afternoon, my lord,’ Sabrina said and turned back to watching the games. It wasn’t exactly a dismissal but the message was clear, Lady Ra...cliff wished to be alone. Marcus ignored her silent warning but didn’t try to engage her in further conversation. For the time being he contented himself with simply watching her, wondering at the quiet sadness he saw on her face. He’d known Sabrina for years, was only a few years older then her though the differences in their genders kept them at a. ”“Did they miss him?” Fanny, the middle girl asked.“The Princess missed him terribly,” said Nanny, “But the Queen didn’t miss the King at all and she and the Sorcerer were very naughty together. And, children, tell me what happens when you’re naughty?” Nanny looked at each child in turn, while they looked at each other. Jessie spoke first, her lower lip trembling.“You have to sit on the Naughty Step, Nana?” Jessie ventured timorously.“Exactly,” agreed Nanny, “and if you are still naughty after. I contemplated very hard how I should approach it, and there’s really no right way to do it. I know I shouldn’t, but at least it will get her “boobs” off the discussion table.“You said you wanted to find a man like me. Why?” I asked, “What is it in me that you want in a man?”“Everything.” She answered lovingly, “You are capable of such love and compassion. You’ve always been there for me, loving me unconditionally. I look at all the hell I put you through when I was a teenager, and you stood by. Jake had been the kind of lover that she had always desired to initiate her into the act of lovemaking, experienced, masterful and passionate. No, no matter what the future might or might not hold for them, she had no regrets. She had once again fallen asleep and slept well until after ten o’clock for the second day in a row. Upon waking, she had bathed and washed her hair, then went out onto the patio let it dry AND to work on the spots of blood which had stained the chaise cushion, where Jake.