”“I also know that, but for us to move forward I need you to be patient and understanding just a little longer.”“Will the rest of our lives be...long enough?”Maria replied, “More than enough, my sweet husband.” As she spoke, she reached back and ran her right hand along the side of Hawk’s cheek. She was surprised to find that her hand was wet. He was crying for her.Hawk gently wrapped his arms around her chest, holding her close as he asked, “Then, what would you enjoy doing today?”“Well, I’d say. It was a very substantial machine. It assembled itself in thirty-seconds.Fifteen heavily armed bugs entered the borer which then moved itself into position, and dived into the ground with its front legs tearing at the soil. The speed of boring was amazing. Everything dug out by the beetle disappeared and Jason learned that it went into a trans-dimensional space. Anything useful was extracted by processors in that dimension. They watched the progress of the four beetles and saw remarkable. I purposely stayed outside for roughly 15 minutes as I wanted to give her time to get herself set up. As well, I thought it might add to her humiliation to make her stew a bit. The longer she was forced to lie there naked and helpless, the more panicked she would become. Before long her perception of time would become disjointed and she would begin to wonder whether I was coming at all, or if I had left her there to be discovered by whatever group of boys had the gym scheduled first that day.At. The feeling suddenly became overwhelming that I had been neglecting her, neglecting us. Realizing that I had been happy to let our married life float along and just survive instead of jumping out of the raft, flipping Lexy over the side and swimming upstream. ‘Love you too Derrick. Do you want your surprise?’ She asked breathlessly. I pulled one of her nipples into my mouth, the suction planting her nipple on my tongue, my mouth holding her there. I cupped her breast with my hand. Caressing.