Slowly he parted his mouth from hers, looking at her beautifully flushed cheeks. She was panting slightly; his eyes were admiring her, all over her. S...e was sweet at candy, her taste lingered on his lips. Oh how he craved her. He hadn’t realized how much he loved her until that moment when they finally kissed and both felt their desires ignite. Talking to her wasn’t enough at this point, he knew her, now he wanted her, and he had to feel her. She felt the same though her shy demure wouldn’t. It wasn't long until several people hurried in. I could place three separate people by the sound of the footfalls before a man spoke. "Welcome back. You've been asleep for over twenty-four hours, since your ... incident. Don't try to exert yourself. You're too weak for that. Your body needs to adjust before you sit up and start to move."I'm Doctor Benson. You are in our care at Florida Hospital in Deland. As soon as your friend here told us you were awake, we called your mother and expect her. " Now we have a motive," James sighed. "If our good Colonel can prove his research and make it seem like the colony is running smoothly he just might get promoted and end up in charge of a new research station on the planet." I'm betting he had no idea of how dangerous things are here," Yvette said. "But why would he not bring his concubines, and why the paperwork making him acting governor?" Politics," Bethany said as she joined us."What?" Janice said. "We don't have political parties anymore.. Dad, James, works as an engineer for the city. My mom, Laura, is a paralegal with a law firm.’ It was getting to be about ten PM and Elizabeth was getting tired. ‘Do you trust me to drive you home or should I call you a cab?’ ‘I would appreciate you taking us home. We don’t live in the best of neighborhoods so that would be nice.’ Sheila lived in the western part of Dallas just outside the slum areas. It was low income and not the safest of areas. ‘I know it’s not much, but my lease is up in.