Guilt can be the cause of any number of psychological reactions. She saw me and waved. I did not wave back. She came up to the table I’d secured tow...rd the back of the B&G and stood for a moment looking down at me.“We okay?” she said. I shrugged.“We have work to do. You gonna eat?” I said. I’d already ordered my chef’s salad. “Don’t worry it’s Dutch tonight. You won’t have to pay for my salad.”“And I had planned on paying for the meals,” she said. “I know you can afford it, but I just. David came and fingered my breasts and pubis. He was aroused but I knew he would not dare to break his promise to both of us, never to have intercourse with me. Never would his penis be allowed in my vagina or rectum and only in my mouth when it was necessary to clean him. You gave me a cuddle and a kiss which made my juices flow and I felt the need to use the toilet, however when I asked, you smiled and pointed to a small cabinet about two feet high. The top lifted up and the front folded down. I want to show you that I will never hurt you, and that I will always feel this way about you.’ What in the world was she to do? She wanted to talk to him, to tell him how she felt, but she knew when he heard her voice he’d be angry. And she could not bear his anger, not after almost a year of flirting and friendship, of talking and laughing, of sharing and crying, and finally, of discovering love. Heather heaved a heavy sigh, and Cal said immediately, ‘Say hello, babe!’ She made up her mind. Sentimentalism was not like him. The god had had children before and forgotten them. This boy would be no different.Hypnos’s charming, rakish grin reappeared. Shooting a glance from one prone, satisfied nature spirit to the other, he nodded with vindication. Getting hung up on Mariah was just a momentary lapse. He hadn’t lost his touch.“A pleasure, ladies,” he murmured, before turning and walking away.A pair of satiated sighs was his only answer.Then, between one step and the next, the Ancient.