I went out and swam a hundred laps to get my head in order. Then, I went to the computer and read dreadful stories for an hour. I ran three miles. Jen...ifer's face was always in focus in my mental viewfinder. I mowed the grass. It needed it.At 3:30, I sat at the breakfast counter and waited. I thought, "Brianna rides the bus every day. She doesn't need you to watch her come home."I heard voices in the garage and soon Brianna and Cathy came into the kitchen. Brianna dropped her backpack and came. And this reminds me of the little baby boy I used to babysit. But this is much bigger and much nicer and and ... Mmmmmm. I can't resist, sometimes. Early on in our relationship I decided that this was made for me to suck on and eat and chew and nibble and...He's writhing. A hand is inside my thigh, tugging. Okay. Sixty-nine is just a number and numbers don't begin to describe what happens...Afterward, I'm lying next to him. He's caressing my face, almost reverentially. "I love you, Nikki..." I. You didn’t even need your trusty steed.’ That got a small smile out of him. ‘Aren’t we late for a meeting?’ He drew his brows together. ‘Grace honey, you should go home. You’ve been through a traumatic experience.’ I shook my head. ‘It takes a lot more than that to put me down. Besides, that would be letting him see that he got to me. The best thing I can do is keep going.’ He looked into my eyes, searching. ‘Are you sure?’ I nodded my head firmly. ‘Yes, so if you’d be kind enough to. ‘You found her,’ he said, his eyes shining. ‘God bless you son.’ He began to cut away Nathan’s jacket and the shirt she had been wearing. She moaned as they pulled the clothes away but otherwise remained unconscious. Nathan sat in a corner watching as the doctor removed the bullet from her shoulder and patched the wound. It immediately bled through. A bundle of bandages were thrust into Nathan’s arms and he was ordered to take her to her cabin. ‘Keep changing the bandages whenever they bleed.