The maps had been redrawn; entire new countries had sprung into uneasy existence. It boded nothing but trouble.Unknown to Peter, Bethan was thinking a...ong similar lines. She had accepted his proposal instantly; maybe a little too quickly, she felt now. She didn't know how she felt about the tall, gangly man who had been Phillip's closest friend. She was attracted to him; she couldn't deny it. What gave her pause was whether this was simply because he was the only eligible male she had seen. I'm going to get her a blindfold," he told me. I took that to mean that I could start touching her amazing body. Just to make sure she didn't move, of course.I kept one hand on her back, and slid the other hand downward, relishing the smoothness of her skin. My hand slipped over her garter belt and began to slide down the cheek of her ass. I heard her moan. Her tush filled my large hand, and I gave it a little squeeze, then moved it over to her far cheek. Her guy came back and grabbed her hair.. With the brawny Alan at the oars and the brainy Oswald navigating, theycrossed the Charles River together. Their objective: whirlwindadventure!! (Or something similar.)The abandoned buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hadlong intrigued Oswald. The only thing he knew about it was that it hadbeen one of the big schools of the Old Republic. Alan didn't have anyalternatives or objections, so away they went to college. They paddledunder the broken Massachusetts Avenue Bridge,. .." I start but have to stop, unsure where to go."We never had a real ceremony. I didn't want Saul to be tied down if he found the right girl," he says, he voice dropping in sadness. "Then when the girls stopped asking, we never..."The tenderness in Nimrod's voice breaks my heart, so I challenge him. "You should marry Saul, raise children, teach them to be tender and loving. Like you."I pull his chair back from the table with one good jerk. Nimrod gives a laugh of surprise but doesn't leap out.