. So we must make the most of these precious moments... My love, please don't ask why... or how long... Just give to me the feelings that you feel for...me and I'll in turn love you as no one before or no one after... Your memory will remain with me when you no longer can... I have lived and loved by that premise for many years. It allows my heart to heal in between relationships.I gently woke Tamara with kisses to her bare back. She rolled over and smiled at me. "Hmmm... good morning," she said. They were impressed with her charm and intelligence, and Alma in particular was delighted that Jasper had found a friend he felt so at ease with. If she picked up on Jasper's amorous feelings for the girl, she never let on.As Anna Belle spent more and more time at the Van Buskirk home, she began to notice some peculiarities in the family dynamic. For one thing, Mr. and Mrs. Van Buskirk slept in separate rooms ... rooms on opposite ends of the house. Nobody came right out and announced that. ."Sundowner" had barely cleared Walton's Star when Clare was again confronted by yet another student delegation.The students were objecting to not being informed that "Sundowner" was armed. Clare gently pointed out that "Sundowner" possessed energy gun turrets and PD weapons on its hull for all the world to see and had done so long before the students had joined; she also made the observation that several of the parents were officers in USN and Noramcon Navy in addition to fully a fifth of the. Alexi grinned almost hungrily as she took in the curly black hair, olive skin and piercing blue eyes of the young doctor. Actually, Carlos wasn't quite yet a doctor. The Department sent him to Cutters Creek as part of his internship. Although Alexi was happy, Carlos was not. He let it be known that he would rather be back in the state capital at the university teaching hospital doing research. But he had a commitment to the state and had to fill in during the emergency. Carlos also let everyone.