Gary would be working tomorrow night, a software update needed to be done out of hours, so he'd be working until midnight at least.So the next night I...had sole use of the laptop, and I set about searching, starting with dogging and moving onto some topics that raised my eyebrows, I thought I was open minded but some people have perversions that made me shudder. I actually shut the laptop in horror when I saw a site about dogging using actual dogs.Anyway, after a gin & tonic I turned the laptop. Conflict is our natural state, one wherein we testourselves against others. 'Put in their hands thy bruising irons ofwrath, that they may crush down with heavy fall the usurping helmets ofour adversaries'," said Chang."Richard the third," said Larry, "to which I'll add, 'lay on, Macduff,and damn'd be him that first cries, 'hold, enough!'" You know your Shakespeare, sir," said Chang, smiling appreciatively,"though you haven't truly experienced the bard until you've experiencedhim in the original. Their laughter was loud and unfeigned.I took a swig of my mineral water and stretched out beside Roberta. I pulled her to me, sunblock and all, and kissed her. She responded when I rubbed one nipple for a moment before I slid my hand down over her slick skin and gripped her bottom.She smiled after our kiss.“I liked that, don Alejandro.”“Me, too.”I’d skipped her center with the sunblock for another reason. Roberta found out why when I settled between her thighs and began to explore. She didn’t. "Jack?" she whispered as loudly as she could.Jack turned his head slightly and opened one eye to look sideways at Taylor. She put her hand to her forehead, smiled and shook her head. Despite the fact that he was still trying to recover from the trauma he had suffered, Jack found the strength to smile back. Taylor turned and scampered down the stairs to ensure she had completely diverted her father's attention from her brassiere.After Tommy and his mother returned, the rest of the day was.