1st of March. All hell broke loose. For three weeks there had been the occasional riot or demonstration, the deliberate breaking of evening curfew, Pa...rol houses blockaded, even a few cars belonging to the Patrol burnt out. Four members of the Safety Patrol, and one of the Security Patrol had been killed; and another few dozen had been injured to varying degrees. The Patrollers had responded violently and viciously. Eight hundred people were beaten up and arrested, but in many cases, before. She headed out to the backyard pool to get some sun. She wasn't sure she'd like the pool when she and her husband Derek bought the house several years ago, but turned out to love it, spending many Saturdays out there relaxing. The pool deck took up most of the small area, surrounded by a six-foot privacy hedge that bordered the yard. It was Janet's little oasis. The houses in the neighborhood were fairly close together and the one to left of Janet and Derek was set back a little further from. “Still, you’re leaving in the morning to go back.” Keisha tried not to sound too disappointed.“Well, yes. I’m taking a much-needed break from the studio and all the press. I told Christie I needed some time to check on the ranch and my family down in Texas.”“Yet, here you are with me.”“Maybe I can have both. Come with me, Keisha,” Tom offered.“With you? You mean to your ranch house in Texas?”“Yeah, I can get you on my flight in the morning, and we could be in Texas by noon.”“You are serious,. She stood silent as I turned on the water.“Are you OK?” I asked.“Oh yeah,” she replied. “I can still feel you inside of me.”“Well,” I replied, ‘We’ll have to work on that.”She smiled as she stepped into the shower.“That would be cool,” she replied. “Do you want to join me?“Sure,” I replied, stepping into the shower with her.“Are we OK?” I asked, lathering up a sponge.“Oh yeah,” she replied, “We’re all good.”As we stepped out of the shower, and toweled off, I knew out time spent together was.