Glad to make it alive through all that mess." Faint but constant traffic noise filtered in through the double-thick picture window."I'm sorry that the...roads were so bad this morning," she said. "I understand you'll be staying in a company suite upstairs, so it shouldn't be a problem tomorrow." No problem," he said. He lowered his voice slightly and indicated her left hand. "What a beautiful ring. Congratulations to you and some very lucky fellow," he said."You can congratulate Andrew in person. "You startled it. It wasn't paying you any attention and had probably lost track of where you were. When you spoke it was startled and it did what cashda always do when something comes up behind them while they're unaware. It kicked first and found out what was behind it later." The bone is not broken and with a few days rest he should be fine. It is quite a bruise though," Nita said."The cashda are large, strong, and have big hard feet. I'm surprised the leg isn't broken. I will show you all. It’s boring. That’s what he told me once.’ ‘Only once?’ Isabella asked with cool, arched eyebrows. ‘How disappointing it must’ve been for you.’ ‘Oh, he wanted more,’ she continued with her gossip session as she poured herself a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, ‘but he and I are a lot alike.’ She swept coy eyes at the other woman. ‘We like our lovers wild and we like variety. We’re not the marryin’ kind, know what I mean? It’s like with Angie.’ ‘Who?’ ‘Junior’s ex-fiancée,’ she said. We did breakfast at a restaurant that was a favorite of ours. It served real meat instead of the processed stuff. The only thing bad about it was the prices. Of course you had to take at least two fat burning pills after you left there or you'd gain weight for sure.Then we wandered around the water front, browsing through small stores while holding hands and giving each other the occasional small kiss. On days like this, the constant touching only served as foreplay and we'd go home and fuck.