My heart nearly exploded right there. “You smell that?” She questioned, we of course shook our head. “Ugh, I think I have a cold” she said pin...hing her nose.“What are you guys watching”“Those crime shows you like” K responded.“Oh, this is my favorite one” she exclaimed as grabbed the remote and turned up the volume. “We did have some I knew it” she grunted as she put the new bag of animal cracker she was holding on the table, reaching for the other bag.I was following her hand when I noticed a. I began to feel a little more human with nothing but the small domestic chore of making coffee to deal with. I think the painkillers were also beginning to kick in.As I sat sipping my coffee, I picked up my phone to see who’d rung me. I was immediately wide awake. I’d forgotten that it was Sunday and that Miriam, my long-time partner, was due home today.“Hi darling, just to let you know I’m just leaving mum’s and I’ll be back in a couple of hours. Plenty of time for you to tidy up the place and. You are the bane of my existence. I can’t beat you at anything, and I love you madly.’ ‘I thought you hated me?’ ‘I do, and I also love you.’ ‘I can live with that. What’s for dinner?’ ‘If you don’t take me to a restaurant, I will poison you.’ ‘You are paying for it again.’ ‘At least I know what to do this time.’ ******************* Dycke, Payne, and the completed rockets arrived on the 20th of December, two days earlier than expected. I was exuberant, because I had more time to lock. ’ Sam pushed back the memory of Cathryn on top of him, riding him. Beads of sweat running down her body between her rose tipped breasts just a few days ago. ‘Besides what was your sex life like before?’ ‘At least once, maybe twice a month.’ Kent grumbled. It was even more humiliating to admit that his wife rarely ever wanted to have sex with him. Sam sat back against the seat. He wanted to know more. Cathryn refused to talk about her sex life with Kent. She said it wouldn’t be right. ‘Was she.