I agreed, ate my breakfast and headed out to our swimming pool for a quick swim.About an hour later, mom came out there and she was in her bathing sui.... She tossed a towel onto her chair and jumped in the water and asked me to come in with her. I did as she did and we swam over to the edge. Mom placed her hand on my shoulder and asked me if it was ok if she started having her dates come over when she wanted them to. I was cool with it and told her so. She leaned over and kissed my cheek and. He measured off about 20 feet of steel cable, and ran one end through the eyebolt he had mounted earlier in the ceiling, and secured it with a pair of u-bolts. He then cut some leather into a strip 12 inches long and 1-1/2 inches wide. Using strong wire, he sewed the leather into a tube and inserted the other end of the cable through the tube. David then walked over to where Sharon was eating and fitted the leather-clad cable around her neck, and secured it with another pair of u-bolts. David. ."I moved closer to him."Why don't we take this to the cabana?"He shook his head."No ... swim over to the ladder and then grab the rails behind you..." Why?" Just do it..."I heard the charge in his voice and I felt a tingle of excitement in me. I swam over and did that and when I did, he swam closer to me. Until he was a couple feet away treading water while I watched him."Now look at me."I did that when he tread closer and he leaned forward putting his hands on the railing. We gazed at each. She appeared in her aspect of Lakshmi, sitting on a dais in the lotus position, her four arms on display. The strength left Geeta’s legs. She knelt, and the tears flowed.“Just like Thompson this morning,” said Lakshmi, “He cried like an infant when I showed up in his office. Very sweet.” The Goddess smiled, and Geeta’s soul warmed. Her tears stopped. “Stand, child. It’s time for us to put on our saris for the wedding.”The Goddess rose, and stepping down from the dais, led Geeta to a long table,.