They did not always fit his personality. I had felt the same way. Early on he was open about being so much older than me. At first, it had not even se...med significant. It had no reason to matter. It was only when we began sharing our erotic fantasies that it became more important, don't you see? Besides, I was in a committed relationship. I was surely not looking for a sordid affair with a man of his age. Then he revealed his true reason for becoming so involved in my life and allowing me to. Sarah,s parents had volunteered to look after our teenaged son and daughter as we travelled by train to Margate in Kent for the party with some of our closest friends who were mostly old friends of Sarah,s she,d met in school. The hotel we were staying at was nice and the party went swimmingly, but as the hours stretched into morning most party goers dropped out till just Sarah, her cousin Ray and I remained, hotel catering staff waiting patiently for us to give it up and go to bed. We,d all. Then she chilled a couple of cocktail glasses with ice, mixed the apple-flavored vodka with apple schnapps and apple cider in a shaker, removed the ice chunks, and strained the concoction out to fill the glasses. After garnishing the rim of each glass with a wedge of apple, she took the drink and walked back to Jack's table. While serving it, she cast a sidelong glance at Carol who looked apparently uninterested in her. Sighing dolefully, she turned around and departed to entertain other. " I added. “No, don’t worry about it, it was a mistake.” she said. Clara walked over to my side and sat down with her legs barely touching mine. I was surprised that she had taken a seat so close. Clara layed back next to me and gazed into the sky, at the large puffy clouds. “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” I said, trying to make a conversation with her. She jerked her head over at me, caught off guard with my words. “I think it is.” and she said no more. I checked my line, noticing that nothing had.