.. but ... I enjoyed it. Actually ... you were amazing. I wouldn't want it like that every time, but it was incredibly exciting!" I admitted, and even...ually she believed me.We never mentioned Margaret again, but after her call our loving become markedly more urgent, and at times, more violent.We shut away all thoughts of parting. It was inconceivable that after this astonishing time out of time we should part and resume normal lives.Inconceivable, but inevitable. Except that our lives could. While ruminating about your day you spot a yellow sparkle under a bridge. It’s under the underpass, framed by an arch as if it's a yawning mouth looking to swallow you whole. There’s a brief feeling of curiosity and whimsy that drives you to take off the beaten path and investigate near the water’s edge.Probably a beer bottle. As you get closer you realize the metal has a strange color, and bend to pick up the coin without reserve. Etched in the coin is some instructions, a address, and a few. “Send for the Hellenic boy,” the Sultana said. “He may have missed something in giving us his information.” NadiaGeneral Mohal stood up. The two slave girls shivered. They were bleeding from the whipping he had given them. The girls were in their twenties and were both native Mesopotamian beauties. Now their physical beauty was marred by the hours of abuse they had tolerated at the hands of the general. He slapped both of them in turn again and then turned to read a missive from a messenger.. If I didn’t, Daddy would punish me." Shawna didn’t know how to respond to that. She just stared at Stephanie. Stephanie went out on a limb and broke a rule by reaching out and putting her hand on Shawna’s knee in a gentle, non threatening way. She looked Shawna in the eyes and said, "Shawna, I really like you a lot. I mean, I know we just met today, but I feel an understanding in you. It’s like, you know, you see how I choose to live, and yet you don’t judge me. I’d really like it if we could.