" This came from John Comstock. It was the first and only human statement that I had ever heard him utter. Guess there had been some love in his heart...at one time. Sadness must have overshadowed it for too long for it to make the light of day recent like.We dismounted in front of the bank and walked down to the tea room. Jessie and Felicity were the only ones there, besides Miss Sylvia. I was curious to see how John and Jessie reacted to each other, for I had heard they were barely. "He started and just was getting into it when she came and asked him whythere wasn't hardly any laundry. He told her he did it Saturday as a giftto her. She thanked him and gave him a hug. She told him he could take iteasy today as there wasn't a lot to do. She told him the house looked greatthat he must have done a bang-up job on it.With his chest puffed out as much as the corset would allow he finished theliving room. At lunch Sharon told him he should help Rosa this week as howwould it look. Do you know what's wrong?" No gas." I answered simply."No prob. There's a gas station a couple blocks that way." No cash." I added.The American shrugged. "We can spot you a gallon or two, that'll get you home, right?"I protested, but they ignored me and we wheeled my cycle to the gas station."I'm Honda, he's Joey." Tak." I said."Please to meet you, Tak." No honorific but I wasn't surprised. The American wasn't the polite sort. He shook his head as I pumped one gallon of gas. "Seriously, this. The only thing was there was no second try. If I or Ann didn’t want to proceed that would be it. End of the tryout.I again assured them all that I wanted to commit. I explained how Ann changed my outlook on sex and how I wanted to experience new things and her passion. We chatted for a while and we all got more relaxed and better acquainted with each other. Even Richard seemed more friendly and relaxed as time went on. The conversation gradually turned to sex. They were interested in my sudden.