In the night another warm body slipped in bed in front of me. She roused me briefly with her smooth skin nesting against me before I fell back into my...REM sleep.The light tone of the ship's bell alerted me to the morning and I sat up to find a naked Ulla Foth's powerful-frame sitting in bed next to me. Her arms flew around my neck and she pressed my head to her warm lips."That's what I've been waiting for," Ulla whispered, letting me lean back against the headboard.She looked like a warrior. Auction starts at 10:00 AM.We were standing there reading the notice when a portly gentleman stopped to talk with us. "Are you interested in the auction?" he asked."We might be," I said. "Why is this being auctioned off?" I'm Joe Arnold," he said as he stretched out his hand to be shook.John and I shook his hand and we introduced ourselves. "Poor old Mr. Graves died a couple of weeks ago. His widow is an old lady, and she doesn't want to try to run the ranch by herself. She decided to sell. "It must be hard to be single father. Is her mother around at all?"I took a deep breath before answering."On the contrary, Lily is the one that keeps me sane, most of the time. And no."I guess that was a bit blunt, but I really did not want to talk about Marie and what had happened. She got the hint and did not press me.A little later we were all in the kitchen drinking hot chocolate and eating a light dinner, after which it was time for Lily to go to sleep. Erin was also tired but I asked. Kim couldn’t speak. Now she understood where the paper had gone. “We have plenty of time we can stand here all night. You can be even later going home to your husband than I have arranged. But you will not be leaving this room until you have given me a full explanation”. He tone was calm but held an edge of authority.“I’m scared Bill. I don’t understand what happening to me. I’m afraid of where this will take me. The sensations are so intense. They take over me. I feel out of control and I’m.