"I kiss her with all the passion I've got. Gently caressing her face... gently slipping my tongue between her lips..."I'm sorry, Nessie."We break off....See you soon, I hope." Oh, you will sweetie," she replies. "You will."As I'm getting my implements of yard destruction into my car, Vanessa's Mom drives in the driveway. Shoot man, we had 7 minutes to spare. Not even close."Hey Mrs. 'A'!" I'm so glad I caught you," she exclaims as she gets out of her car. "I wanted to pay you your $20. And I see. "Sure I would. Shelly jumped me as I was coming out of my room." That's a lie!" So what was she doing on the bedroom side of the house?" I asked. That made the Mom pause. "There's also these scratches on my wrist and hand from where she tried to take my keys from me. Not to mention the imprint of the keys in my hand, or the bruises I have from where she hit and kicked me." I said lifting my shirt high enough so they could see them. Sure I heal fast but not that fast. It takes a couple minutes. Then the magazine I worked at went under and now I find myself moving to some town in the boonies writing for a local paper. It honestly feels as if I blinked, and everything changed.Married life wasn't bad per say. In fact it was pretty good all things considered, but I definitely felt like a whole other universe I had suddenly found myself in. I used to have a great balance of work and play, but these days it was mostly work, followed by a few hours of parental duties, followed by a few. "Oh, hoops, gold and nice big ones too" she said andgave me a hug. "Thank you so much Pam I love 'em andcan't wait to wear 'em!"There had been a noticeable change in her in just oneweekend. She's been pretty before but now she was well more feminine. She thanked me several timesduring the course of the day and the right way afterwe went to bed. She was becoming very skilled.Chapter Fifty-two DarlaWork dragged by on Monday. I got few of those "looks".The hair and earrings I guess. I.