” She lifted her right leg and wrapped it around me. Her soft heel started rubbing my posterior. I heard her mule falling on the sheets. I slowly s...id my hands up her back, then sank my lips into hers. She drew her head back, staring inquisitively at me. Her left eye was darker than the right one. “Do not touch my sixth vertebra, please. I have strong dislike of that,” she announced. “Why?” “Some time ago I broke my back in a car accident. They replaced the damaged vertebra as well as the. "Hmmm... you're saying that you've become certain that you're not attracted to women at all, but you don't care that I'm one because you want to be with me, the person?" I couldn't decide if she sounded pleased by this."Yes, that's what I'm saying, Em. I'm completely taken with you, and gender has ceased to be an issue. I bought a bunch of books so I could teach myself how to make love to a woman." Oh God, chéri... you did that for me? I don't know what to say. That's so sweet, so thoughtful.. Yakhir plopped into a seat and offered his apologies for arriving late."You're not late," Azzi chuckled, "you I told 19:30 and Davni I told 20:00. We know to give you an extra fifteen or thirty minutes to get anywhere. You'll probably be late to your own funeral." Let us hope so," Yakhir responded cryptically, as he signaled the owner for a mug of steamed goat's milk with cinnamon and clove. He had not been sleeping well lately.They kicked around a lot of empty talk while waiting for Davni to. "I'm sorry, this is James Whitworth, our Best Man, can he come and see Mark with me?"The two men shook hands. "Of course," said Jerry Stephens. "Shall we go?"He led them to Mark's room. He was lying there with two drips attached to him and a tent raised over his legs. His eyes were open but he hardly registered their arrival.Victoria took his hand and gently kissed his lips. "Hello, darling," she said. "I'm here now."Mark's eyes moved slowly to meet hers and a broad smile crept across his face..