”“He surely is,” Gramps nodded. “An original work of his costs a lot of Royals now.”“The Royal family have loads of them; the vast majorit... no one but them and my bro have seen,” I added.“Not even you?” Tillan asked.“Nope. They usually go straight into the Royal archive, after the family have seen them.”“What about the ones that do get out?”“Erm ... well, the Empress that appears in them is blonde, Aunt Manny isn’t ... blonde that is.”“Really?” Tillan replied, looking a little shocked.“Yep, it. I put her over the side of the tub and used the sprayer to clean her up once she finished.When we finally got to the bedroom, I told her, as I stripped, that “I am disappointed, Molly. I promised I would be here as soon as I finished at that school. Something is toxic there that made the kids in sixth grade go off the rails. You can watch the security camera footage to see all about it. I’ve not ever broken my word to you.”I saw her start crying, so I slowly undid what was keeping her from. Jeanette's brother Greg had been aghast. He had insisted on paying for two nights in a resort-style hotel near the trail. Now I think he was right.The first night was painful for her. The day was a glorious day with Jeanette and luxury; I'm afraid that our newlywed status was obvious to everyone. The second night as we were getting ready for bed I put the wrapped condom on the night table."Do you mind, Bob?" she said. "I'm still sore." 'Marriage is about sex.' But sex isn't about intercourse.. I got up early, cleaning up, even shaving. I had errands to run. Cathy showed up in my kitchen while I was preparing breakfast."At least neither of us is in jail," were her first words."Not yet." You did a good thing. Don't forget it." I know. Still she was right. We should have asked permission." The hell we should! She'd never have given it." Then maybe we should leave her be." If a person was drowning, and they couldn't yell for help, wouldn't you still throw them a life preserver?" A little.