And I really don't share hisinterests anymore. Wait I know. I'll prove to him that I'm Steve and thenI'll give him the rings and he can switch with hi... mother and we will bebest friends again,' he thought to himself. Steve went and picked up his mother around 3. "Hey sweetie how was schooltoday." Ms. Crabtree showed us a kite with a key." Oh the Ben Franklin story, very good dear. By the way Reggie is comingover to play with you today." What?" Reggie's coming over for the afternoon, won't that. But it hadn't. After a few weeks of recovery from the violent shock of her abduction, she had found herself opening to her husband in ways she had never before considered possible. He too had changed considerably; he had forgiven her for responding so lustfully to those mountain men--had shown that he really understood why she had done it--and there was a tenderness in his voice and a gentleness to his touch during lovemaking that hadn't been present before their misadventure. Divine. ”I gave her whole body a squeeze in return and looked expectantly at her.She said, “You know, don’t you?” Her eyes were cautious.“Know what?” I asked, realizing that we about to have a serious talk. “About all I know is that you apparently want to talk to me about something sensitive. You’ve been a little dicey all morning. If this isn’t the time, I can wait. I am open to any discussion with you.”“No. No. That’s why I came in, although having you touch me ‘down there’ was much nicer than any. He went to the bar and got her white wine and brought it back to her.The dinner went well and a casual observer would have thought that it was a bunch of old friends having dinner together. Several of the attendees commented that he threw a great party.After the dishes were cleared, he got up and asked that they give him their undivided attention. He warned them that he was going to ask for a big commitment from them tonight but he was willing to pay for it."Gentlemen, seated to my right is Ann.