Because that was exactly what I wished I could do at the moment. “You will never forgive me if I tell you what I have been hiding from you all these...years,” I said, “I am nothing compared to you, Joy. You have a much stronger heart and a lot more courage than I do. ” I guess it took a while for Joy to absorb my words as he kept staring at me for a long time.His mouth remained wide open as he listened to the events of my life I had kept from him for six years. More than being surprised, I guess,. He made directly for his mother. He didn’t notice last evening how she had aged since he last saw her. Father was right about her dying a little each day. ‘Mother, you are looking well,’ he lied, kissing her cheek. ‘I’m so sorry about last night. It was very rude of me.’ ‘That was alright. You must be under a terrible stain over there.’ ‘No more than you and the others here. There is no excuse,’ Charles apologized. ‘Do you have any plans?’ she asked. ‘I took the liberty of inviting James and. .the voyage went smooth all the way to the islands we saw dolphins jumping and even a whale surfaced nearby it was magical! That evening we anchored and went to bed we were tired from a beautiful but long day so we just kissed then fell asleep...I realized we were not alone when I heard breathing other than our own inside our room “Who is it?” I demanded then I heard some foreign tongue and also “He's awake!” Flashlights shone down on us and we looked up at six men dark skinned and armed the. Most of the guys she’d gone out with were after one thing, and when she felt she had a relationship developing and went to bed with the guy, that was the last she heard from him. The last guy she’d gone out with had a thing for spanking. When he’d surprised her with one, pretty painful session, she ended that one that night.The only relative she had that she cared anything about was her sister, Angie, who’d married a corn farmer three years ago. The sisters had been very close until the.