After we make love, she mentions that she wishes she could still do it with you. She doesn't feel bad about saying that because I say the same thing."...She blushed then added, "I mean I wish I could still have sex with guys. Not sex with you; I never actually thought of sex with you ... until today." She said that last part very quietly.Val was just about to say something when something that Anna said finally clicked in my mind, so I quickly asked, "Wait just a minute. You said guys. You've had. Ever since the week I spent looking after Keithjunior, I'd promised myself that I wouldn't think about becoming aparent until I was one hundred per cent sure I was ready- even if thatmeant never becoming a parent. But every time I make that promise tomyself, I see the sheer joy that Keith and Charlotte get from their son,or the love Mary and Dan share with their daughters, and with Viks andnow Krystie expecting, the 'urge' is growing greater than ever-especially with the knowledge that Mary's. I thought of asking them to turn it off, for the benefit of the other guests. Meanwhile another woman had come down to the beach and had taken a lounger. She had shoulder-length curly blonde hair and wore a black wrap around herself. When I came closer I could see glimpses of a red bikini underneath. At first I didn’t pay her too much attention. Dozens of women came and went at this place, that’s the way it is with holiday resorts. You couldn’t befriend them all. There were a couple of men. My heart sank when I heard him say, "That's sick, Marybeth." Why, Hank, why is it sick?" She was pleading now, begging him. "If you were raping her, that would be sick - this is love, Hank, isn't it? Not lust. Don't you want her? I am not asking you to compare the two of us - I know that I will lose out, but I don't mind. She would be the right woman for you, Hank, she is smart, cheerful, and she has your streak in her. She doesn't want to be stepped over like I do, she will be your equal in.