” I giggled. Aapa held the cover open for me to join her in bed. I hopped in and she immediately took me in her arms and would kiss me on the lips. ...uring that time we didn’t really know what we were doing. Our lips would be firmly closed as we kissed. It had never occurred to us to open our mouths. In fact it probably would have seemed quite disgusting to me at that age. For then it was all just innocent fun. Then came a night that remains etched in my memory. After we had finished playing our. The thermostat in their house must be set at 78 degrees.My hubby and I RSVP’d but on the day of the party we procrastinated until late in the afternoon before we walked down the street to the party. Needless to say, everyone was hammered when we arrived. Everyone could walk home which inspired overindulgence and much merriment. Knowing that it was gonna be really hot inside and that everyone was gonna be loaded, I thought I would be a tease, it is a party after all. My outfit was a short. It felt good to travel again like we had on our honeymoon. All the major tension I’d been feeling and transmitting to Anna had been overcome by our discovery in Tucson that the ‘Mayor’ and ‘Marshal’ had, in fact, been wanted fugitives; not to mention being responsible for the latest rash of stagecoach robberies in the area. The short time we’d spent in Tucson more than justified our entire trip.We arrived in Colorado City in the fading twilight ten days after leaving Tucson. We were both ready. After giving me a chance to inhale a chicken leg, she asked in that same voice, “was she pretty?”“Very pretty.” I took her hand and held it in mine. “Maybe the prettiest girl I have ever known.”She turned and lowered her head to hide the slight blush forming on her cheeks.“You’re just saying that.”“Yes, I am,” I lifted her hand to my lips and kissed it. “But that doesn’t mean that it’s not true.”Our conversation settled into more routine and mundane things, subjects that maybe we should have.