I asked how you were and you were excited to be done. You had all of your credits from here and were going to start taking undergrad classes online. Y...u suggested I should let you buy me a drink now, since you’re not a student anymore. You told me you’d be at the same restaurant on Saturday at 8. I smiled, said maybe I’d be there and headed off to my class. I wasn’t really planning on going, but you say maybe because it’s a pleasant thing to say, you know? Saturday came and plans I had made. I looked her in the eye. She opened her lips to utter a word, and in that moment I lent in, placed my hand on her cheek, and guided my tongue deep into her mouth. The wind whistled, the moon shone a pale and cold silver, and between us there was now only the thumping of a heartbeat. We walked to my dorm room in silence, hand in hand. With each step I felt the Gillian power dissipate into the thin winter air. My high began to wane, and I began to sense the energy building in my abdomen, my. I tell the women that we are starting on the new house and that they should go gathering. They each get a digging stick from the woodpile and head out.I get my two shovels and lead Algossi to the home site, where I show him how to dig into the hill. Luckily we don't run into any big rocks and have it half dug by the time lunch is served.Lunch is a vegetable stew made with the other half of the haunch. I decide I will teach the women how to make flat bread at supper time.We return to our. She’s got some real cream gravy that is out of this world.”“That sounds really good,” Jack said. Although he hadn’t believed Abby when she had discussed food, the fact was that they were eating better now than ever before. Even when times were good, he wasn’t getting home cooked meals like this. Of course, back then the quality of the meals depended upon his ability to cook.Not quite looking at Jack, Rich said, “I never did thank you for that little conversation that night over at Sally’s.