“Well, then, I hope that this pleases you, too,” Valerica spoke as she put the glasses of wine before Natalie and myself, “Master.”“It does ...ndeed, sweetheart,” I reassured her with a kiss, too, “All is being dealt with here. It will be perfectly fine for all of us.”“Hear, hear!” my father-in-law broke up our chatter in his pronounced French accent, “The time for pleasantries is over for now, though! It’s time for the official toast! To be given by the best man, Bruce Moran. Bruce, it’s. "Aunt Claudia was my 'cool Aunt'. For my 12th birthday she gave me a Rolling Stones DVD. It blew my mind, she'd introduced me to this world of sexy rock n' roll. I felt she had shared a great secret with me. None of my friends had even heard of the Rolling Stones or any other of the rock bands my Aunt introduced me to. I remember once my Mom arguing with my Aunt over the music. "I don't think he's old enough for this kind of music. There's too much sex and drugs in it." Oh come on, we listened. I just didn’t know it back then. However, there was no way that I’d do anything with these two mothers. It wasn’t that that they didn’t look good enough. Oh no! Totally the opposite. Like I said, I didn’t really trust myself.That set the tune for the winter, though I made sure that things didn’t get out of hand. Out of hand. Literally. Both of the girls became quite a lot better in reading and writing Anglon, and they even became eager to read and learn more. My mother would have been proud of. “Some parts seem very interested!” she said, almost giggling.“Sure, I’ll hand you over…”She offered me her phone and I took it on an automatic response rather than considering I was about to talk to the husband of the woman whose bare breast I had cupped in my left hand."Hello, Mike." Karl had a rich and deep voice, always sounding very assured."Hi, Karl." I couldn't think of another word to say to him.“You’re probably a little confused,” he said. ‘An understatement,’ I thought.“Almira and I.