’ ‘It’s OK,’ Lori said. It wasn’t, really, but she didn’t want him to see that. Her insides were knotted and her mind was whirling. What w...s she going to do? ‘I really wish you well,’ Bill said. ‘And I am sorry if I’ve caused you pain.’ He touched her shoulder. ‘I…I’ve got to…to get going. Something may come up later that will help you.’ He squeezed her shoulder, turned, walked to his car, got in, and drove off. Lori watched Bill go and felt tears welling up in her eyes. Then she got behind the. Bending and twisting my neck to feel him, searching for a kiss, but instead feeling his finger as it traced the outline of my mouth. "Give me a kiss, baby, please let me kiss you" I hoped the "please" would make him feel that I really did need to feel that at this moment. His tongue snaked around my mouth following the path his finger made, saliva off his tongue drizzled across my opened mouth. "Don't kiss back kitten, don't you dare kiss me back" his voice deep and seductive. It was almost. He scrambled to his feet and stood nude before her, his head bowed slightly in her presence. He did not look directly at her.She reached her hand toward his face, running a long nail down the side of his jaw. Up over his lips where he tried to take her finger into his mouth, trying to taste her."No!" she told him. "You don't deserve it yet!" Please, Mistress?" he begged.Of all her slaves, he was her special one. She kept coming back to him time after time. This time, she was going to give him a. Dear God, I prayed that such a thing did not happen.We did not have the money to waste on uniforms, so we continued with the red cloth on the left arm to identify us as soldiers. I hoped that would be sufficient because that was all that we could afford.Seven months later, Albany was bursting at the seams with people who had come to join us in our battle against the Aristocracy. That was what it was, and there were no aristocrats left in Haven. The smarter ones had run to places like Atlanta.