Finally, the kids were in bed and asleep. Brad would be here in a matter of minutes and I had never been so ready for anything. I was going to practic...lly jump on him when he showed up. My phone lit up at 9:16, Im here - come let me in. As soon as I opened the door, I pulled him inside and give him a big, wet kiss. “Damn, someone is happy to see me,” he said, laughing. “You have no idea - I’ve been thinking about this all day. And we don’t have much time,” I replied, between kisses. I lead. Sitting down in the viewers balcony of the court room, he watched as the jurors came in, watching their faces and wondering how the five woman jurors felt as they had listened to the sordid details of what had happened to the poor women taken and abused around the country by Alexei and his men, kept in houses, scared and unable to escape their fate. Did they picture it happening to them, their sisters, daughters and granddaughters? Did the men on the jury wonder if they had ever used any of the. “Wax,” he said straight faced. Obviously not all was forgiven. I guess I would find out in good time. “When do we go?” I asked. “Now, if you two are ready,” he said. “It might take half an hour to get out there, depending on how Rupali paddles.” “Do you have wetsuits for us?” I asked. “Nope. Overnight low of 27 degrees Celsius,” he said. “It’ll still be over 30 by the time we come back in.” He’d thought of everything. “Amateur meteorologist?” I asked with a grin. “Weather bureau,” he smiled.. I’m kind of a mess on the inside, right now.” Jessica mulled over what I’d said, then flashed me a sweet smile. She shifted her body so that she was covering both breasts with one arm, and used her free hand to ruffle my hair. “Kind of a mess on the outside, too,” she teased. “But at least you’re honest. And the mood I’m in right now, the most ‘unfair’ thing you could do would be to leave me alone and unsatisfied.” She let her fingers slowly trace their way down from my hair, caressing my.