I am not going back to 2007. I won’t.’ He touched me gently again, my face, my hair. ‘Ye canna see what they’ve done to ye, Regan. If ye coul..., ye would run screaming to yer own time.’ Cien shook his head and stood. ‘I’ll go with ye to yer 2007, if ye will still have me as yer husband.’ He bowed his head and looked up again. ‘Will ye have me?’ I started crying in earnest now. I put my hands over my eyes and cried into them. My heart had been broken, from nothing of his doing, and now if was. In fact they all looked young and fit.Roger gave me that look again, then asked, ”So what do you think?””I’m not sure,” I replied, “Maybe another time? I will need to be drunk if we go down there, especially if you want me to get naked.”Roger was disappointed, but understanding. He knows that if I do something under duress, I won’t enjoy it. So we set off for our original beach. It wasn’t that far to drive before we were there. The beach was very nice. It was a lot more crowded than we had. There was a necklace and earrings. Her hair was a little untidy.“Graham?” she ventured. “When–?”“About seven.” I said.“We waited–”“We?”“Well yes, Daddy was at a meeting here and he and Desmond – you know, my tutor – took me out for dinner to celebrate the end of exams.”Daddy again.“And you told them you couldn’t go because I was coming over tonight, and you stayed in.”She now looked uncomfortable at my sarcasm. “Well, we waited until six and then–”“Connie, what time do I finish work?” I said. Before then she was more like a real loving mother. However, finding out about dad's dalliance she became so bitter that I think Rodney was just what she needed at the time, but I'm not sure that he is now. I was 12 when mother and dad divorced, I was more like dad than she could cope with so I went with him and you were relegated to go with her, so she could raise you like she wanted." You know overall it wasn't too bad; I did get some educational advantages, but now I wonder what I would be.