And if you had been there, you might have noticed a curious phenomenon. By the time Karen completed her parade, at least half of the men on the beach ...ad suddenly discovered a need to go stand in the water, leaving their bewildered or resentful female companions behind. One even left a male companion.When Karen came back to me she was shivering. The sun was warm and the water was warm, but she was shivering. Throwing her arms around me and stretching up close to my ear, Karen whispered. I opened my lips, and Marie’s tongue licked at mine, we got more passionate, and it was then that I knew we’d gone beyond the point of no return. I held out my left hand and found Carly, half asleep wriggling at the commotion Marie was making. I broke off my kiss from Marie and pulled Carly’s head over my shoulder to kiss her passionately. In an instant she was awake and aware of what was going on. I should have been afraid she’d be upset, but I wasn’t. She looked at Marie for a second and. Yeah, like she’d ever be able to tell me what to do again. That had stopped years ago.Instead, seated in the visitor’s chair was a man I sort of recognised. I’m sure I’d seen him somewhere before but couldn’t quite place him.“Come in and take a seat Jude”. Mrs Wilson motioned to the empty chair beside her visitor, who had obviously lit some flame in her; I swear the old cow was blushing.Sitting down carefully I arranged my skirt well over my knees, hands clasped together on my lap and smiling. Mum was really excited as the aircraft touched down at Las Palmas airport in Gran Canaria and when they finally opened the aircraft’s doors, she giggled as a wave of heat flooded in.“God I’m sweating already.” she laughed as we walked down the steps onto the tarmac.“Don’t worry mum,” I whispered. “I’ll lick all the sweat off you.”“I’ll hold you to that.”We’d booked a hotel in a small place called San Agustin overlooking the world famous beach called Mas Palomas, and even as we unpacked in our.