Tim frowned and shook his head. ‘The stories both women tell are pretty much the same,’ he said. ‘Both of them saw Morris a few times, then he s...opped calling. They figured he’d found someone else.’ ‘Either of them have any idea who he dumped them for?’ Alex asked. ‘Nope,’ Tim said. ‘Both of them said they tried to find out, too, but for some reason the usual school gossip mill missed this particular story. I called Heidi, just to see if she’d heard something, but she said nobody knows who. We could get all the sails up I thought.“Well? Are we up for this?”“Hell Yes!” said Joanne“Yesah! Lets do this” Said Tony. The others were generally okay with the idea, and so we prepared. We dressed properly, cleared the decks to cut down windage, made sandwiches and a jug of juice for lunch. We attached the genoa and tied it up ready to release easily. At 12, the horn went, fifteen minutes to go. Up anchor. And motor around. We were on our honour not to be using engine after crossing the. I will make Hannah mine and sooner rather than later. No more delays. No more games, manipulations, subterfuge, or anything of the sort. Now, help Mara adapt to life in our house, but be nice to her. She’s my concubine now, so she’s family, too,” I instructed Mother, asserting myself at last.With that, I went to Hannah’s house to speak to her and her parents. I ignored the yet millionth stoning that I had seen all year on the way, even when someone tried to shove a stone into my hands. I. After dinner I suggested that we do something to seal the night. She loved to dance more than anything and there was a trendy new dance club a few doors down the street and so I challenged her to show me she was serious: a first act of her new womanhood.I had always wanted to go to a club, then have her come in after me and join me at the bar as though we were not together. Then I wanted to watch the other men try to pick her up. Of course, she would never do that in the past. So, I challenged.