Conversation faltered until Henry said,"Veronica, I don't want to pry and, if you tell me to shut up, I will. You said you were still in love with you... husband. Are you really? How long ago did he leave you?"There was a short silence while Veronica thought that one over. Her immediate reaction was to tell him to mind his own business but then she realised that Samantha had shown her genuine kindness and compassion. She felt that Henry would do the same."Three years ago and no, I suppose I. It must have been some 3 hours or more, Mark and Jim had both seeded me again, now watched me take guy after guy, before I told them I needed a break. As delicate as I could, I said I needed to rinse of and shyly smiled.I thought I would be allowed to walk the 20 meters to the water alone, but Mark, Jim and a couple of other guys followed, with a slightly red face, I said I needed to pee, indicating for them to leave me, It was then that Jim pulled me by the arm, as he lay down near the water,. This time she did not move away far but at the sametime she did not let her body touch my fingers.Slowly fingers inched towards herarm in an unknowing fashion and touched her and took it back immediately (Ty togive a feel that it was by accident) she gave an angry look. I got scared andtook my hands off after some time I just turned towards her and checked whatshe was doing. She had closed her eyes and was trying to sleep now. I gatheredcourage and decided to give it a try again. I moved my. "Sam, all you say and all you ask are valid considerations. Our primary objective is just to survive though. We need to put food on the table. We need to somehow earn enough money to buy the necessities," I said."How do we earn money quickly in this time period? From what I've read a man can earn about $20 to $30 a month. That might buy the necessities, but we'd just be living from month to month. If we're stuck here, I'd like to start a cattle or horse ranch. Something we could pass along to.