The woman examined herself in the mirror. She was tall and slender, fit and trim. She took care of herself. Mike had to have noticed. He had smiled at...her several times and complimented her. She knew he secretly wanted her as much as she wanted him. It was time. Tomorrow she would see that obstacle removed.Early next morning, Pat dropped Mike, Jr. off at the pre-school he attended. After hugging his mother, the four year old rushed over to his teacher, Ms. Rachel. Smiling, he handed her an. Had life left me at any of those moments I would have been a quite contented corpse. Even though we never discussed it, I felt certain that Loretta would want me to bathe her for the rest of our lives. Such happy thoughts filled my mind and I’m sure, hers until it was time to drain the tub. Preparing her for bed never lost its charm but increasingly, I simply wanted the day where she could slip naked between the sheets with me arrived. The long weeks between bathing sessions passed for me like. I'm honored you asked." My brother will as well. We'll just wear normal suits, not tuxes or anything like that. Ruth wants it to be a simple affair." Sounds good. Let's get these steaks on. How do you and Ruth like them?" We both like medium." Pam likes medium also but I like mine a little rare." I put three of the filets on and waited a few more minutes before adding mine."If you'll watch them, I'll grab some more beers," I said.I walked in and saw Pam and Ruth sitting in the library talking.. When they got close to Ridgehill, the order of the army camps had gone through a visible change. The camp was structured much the way the one at the dungeon was, organized not by nationality or religion but by function.The flags and symbols of the three armies were displayed proudly all over the camp. Soldiers from different armies mixed and drank with each other, looking tired but in good spirits.The gates opened for them as they got close and like when they first arrived at Ridgehill, crowds.