“But he loved Mother –” “Yes, but he never trusted her. Not after what happened. After all, she was their captive for more than a year. He tho...ght she might have grown to like it, and he’s always been worried you’d be the same way. What would it do to him to hear that you are?” “You wouldn’t! Oh, Rob, you can’t!” “I’d hate to have to. But I’ll make a bargain with you, lovely sister-mine … you finish what you were doing, let me watch, and I swear, I’ll say not a word of it to Father.” “You … you. I knew from her family background that black people were not common guests at their dinner table but she seemed fine with it all and I invited Jerome.The week passed quickly and I helped Tara prepare the house for Friday night. I went into the bedroom and saw Tara in the bathroom getting ready. God she was so beautiful I felt a stirring in my pants as I watched her tying her hair back into a French braid pony tail as was common with her. Her beauty was stunning. She was wearing a short white. ” She brings a plate for her father and herself over and then sits down. On each plate sit two pancakes, each one has strawberries and blueberries poured over the top. “I see you enjoyed yourself too.” Leon almost has the first bite to my mouth when she says this. The look on his face must say it all. He knows he is at least shocked. Amber on the other hand sits with her face in her hands, smiling. “It’s nothing to be embarrassed about, Daddy. But I do wish you would have woken me up first so. Getting into Philadelphia was easy, but it was not always as simple to gather information and get it back out again. George Reedy and I went in together, but then separated. He was on a different schedule, and we did not see each other again until the spring.That was a good assignment for me since I had decided that I hated soldiering. I had plenty of money to spend, hard money for the most part, and was my own boss. The temptations of the city were many, and except for the pharo gambling, I.