"Gabrielle said in a very small voice. "Good, because you weren't meant to. Subsequently I had a lot of business associates asking questions all over...the country, which is why for the past few weeks I have been flying hither and thither talking to them face-to-face to reassure them. " "Sorry Sir, hither and ....?" ".... Thither. It just means 'here and there'. So, suddenly realising that you had been left to your own devices for so long, when the Red Goddess requested your company and offered. After a couple of glances, I start talking with her. She's blond, short hair, wearing a little black dress. She's not hot, but she's not ugly. Not a BBW. But has more weight than she should. A solid 6 or 7. Totally fine with me.I stare into her eyes and I can see she's into me. 5 min after starting the conversation, her hand is resting on my thigh. 5 more min, she is running her hand on my beard and she's telling me how hot I am. And she kisses me.Then she says, "I think I'm going to fuck you.. Ever since I'd taken a history course I thought the people who hung around home were about as unrealistic as it was possible to get. The State of Oregon couldn't do a thing about the US Army. The whole issue of States Rights had been decided in 1865 by the case of R.E. Lee vs. The Army of the Potomac. The little wants of Mother's friends wouldn't overturn that precedent.That was just normal for my home life. I made the signs, I organized the flyers in bundles of 50, and I tried to get out of. I was convinced what happened was my fault.”“It wasn’t ... it couldn’t have been. You did everything right.”“I know I did. Yet, the guilt still flashes on me now and then, out of the blue. You did everything right, too, Jason -- it’s natural and normal to leave home and strike out on your own. Your path led you here. You know I’m not a religious person, that I lost my faith in God after the accident. Nonetheless I can’t help wondering if there isn’t some plan for how the universe unfolds. Your.