But I do think that’s where we’re headed.”She rolled off of him and cuddled under his arm. He pulled up the covers. “That was a very straight ...nd honest answer you gave me. I understand the level of commitment you’re comfortable with ... right now. I have that same level ... but I agree that is where we’re headed.”Ron reached for and switched off the nightstand lamp. He held her tight as she began to drowse in his arms.Loud pounding on the hallway door startled him awake. He and April sat up in. " No reply.She got up and came across to me where I was knocking down the dough, mixing in the dried fruit and cutting and forming the pieces into buns, She put her arms round my stomach and laid her head on my shoulder, "Love you," she said."And I you," I replied, "and I'd demonstrate how much if I weren't at this delicate stage of things."She sighed in disappointment."I'm off for a shower," she said, and she was.Just over an hour later the buns were sugar-washed and on a cooling rack, and I. Nor anything much else in the way of clothes. Karen was at least as comfortable in her clothes as she was without, but when they were an obstacle to sex she discarded them as speedily as she could.It was sex that Karen most enjoyed. There appeared to be no limits to what she would try with Alex and he guessed, though it was hardly ever mentioned, what she tried with other people. Alex knew for sure that he wasn't Karen's only lover. That she was insistent that they arrange their encounters in. She implored me to do something to get you back to the States and back to her.’ ‘When I told her I wouldn’t do it. You made this mess, I told her, you have to fix it. She became severely depressed. That’s when her nightmares began. Every night she had terrible dreams about you.’ ‘In her dreams you did not survive the attack in Germany. Everyone blamed her for your death. Her nightmares were so intense we even had her undergo therapy. Nothing seemed to work.’ ‘Then she received your letter.