” As she spoke, Thom could feel a new wave of guilt wash over him. He wanted to tell her everything, about how he really didn’t want to go, he jus... didn’t want to look like he had no say on what he did in his life. He didn’t want to be the wuss who went home, because his friends would think he was. The problem was would she believe him, would Jane be able to understand that, because the answer was no, she wouldn’t and she shouldn’t have too, because he did do it, and that is what the issue was.. You reach your hands up and lightly rub my arms, just enough to let me know that you want me and enjoy the attention I provide. You lean your head back and softly kiss me on my lips. We say our good mornings and know that we are about to be in bliss. You lead me around in front of you to sit on your lap. You take the coffee from my hands and sit it on the table beside us. You have still never opened your eyes. I know you’re enjoying the moment of silence, imagining and wondering what I will do. From about a hundred feet away, I couldn’t take my eyes off them. Other people stopped, stared, and smiled. I might have been surprised that no one seemed bothered that the two of them were of different races. Some things are obviously so beautiful that stupid prejudices can’t compete. A middle aged woman stopped next to me.“Isn’t that beautiful? Do you know them?”“My granddaughter and her fianc? I think she hardly needs a chaperone, however.”“I think I see what you mean. She’ll have him. He was a hulking brute with muscles of steel. It would certainly save a lot of wear and tear on my own knuckles to have this Neanderthal hulk as my servant. Of course, I took Drusilla and Hilda with me because I was uncertain of the availability of cunt in the new residence.Our journey took us past the terrible gibbets outside the castle with the hanging corpses of alleged criminals and possible witches. I saw Hilda looking at them with visible fear in her eyes. She snuggled up close inside.