Their lips met softly, slowly, bodies pressing together. She pulled him close as he cupped her face in one hand, a tender gesture that made her sigh e...ch time. He gently tugged on her lower lip with his teeth then kissed a path to her earlobe and down her neck to the hollow in her collar bone. ‘Just a second,’ he whispered, then pulled away from her as he reached for the water glass on the nightstand. He took several swallows of the icy water, replaced the glass and moved back to her. ‘That’s. His hair is a mess, andthere is mud on his shoes and shirt. It's a dreary late fall day.Rebecca, in her next picture, was at a slumber party. They laugh andeat cookies while talking about how cute Christopher Davis is. She'sdressed in a pink robe, with her hair tastefully in a ponytail.He examines a picture of Robert trying out for the baseball team hisfreshman year. He didn't make the team, despite giving his all. Hespent the next year going to the gym religiously, hoping to make it.He turns. ”“But...” Lauren protested.“But what? All you had to do was call her, or better yet, talk to her before you decided to go with your youth pastor and disappear! You chose not to. And then, to cap it all off, you moved home. Sorry, Lauren, but you really hurt a close friend of mine. If she wants to get in touch with you, she will. If not, and I don’t expect that she will, then there’s nothing you can do about it.”A very sad look came over her face, “If I wrote her a letter, would you see that she. " Yes'm." Tansie carried the child over to a prepared table in a cornerof the room. She set it down and looked back over her shoulder. Thewomen -- there were no males in the room except for the newborn --weregiving their full attention to his mother. Myrtle was congratulating her on delivering a boy. "I knew the doctorswere right. The king will be so pleased." Aye," another woman said. "On your first try, ye did the old queenone better. That's a fine son, you've given him." Tansie.