The only times that things got a little shaky was when they decided to reverse roles on me; or even worse, when for some reason they decided that they...each needed me on the same night and they double-teamed me.Our arrangement remained the same for a period of about two years, then things really got complicated; Ella became pregnant, giving birth to a beautiful baby girl. Angelina, our little angel, was the apple of her daddy's eye, worshipped by her grandmother, and the pride and joy of her. In fact, her juice had already soaked through her panties and was making a stain on the crotch of her slacks. Barbara moaned as she felt Gus’s fingers push into her pulsating cunt and she spread her legs to give him better access. His finger began to slide in and out of her pussy and her hips moved up from the sofa, encouraging him to go deeper. She moaned in frustration when he suddenly pulled his finger out. Gus quickly pulled Barbara’s sweater and bra over her head then he began to pull her. The pendulum swung silently from side to side as the large clocked made a ticking sound that seemed to fill the room.Peg walked over with the glass of white wine and after handing it to me, clinked her glass against mine saying, “here is to new friendships.”I took a sip and looked up at Peg who was standing in front of me, “Riesling?” I asked.“Yes,” Peg said and took a sip of her, “you know your whites.”It was nice to sit down as we had walked all afternoon and my feet were killing me, the low. It is almost two o’clock in the morning. She knows that by now Daniel will inevitably be in one of the city’s casinos, and despite his promises she knows he will not return to the hotel again before daybreak, probably later. His promises, like everything else in her life, are empty. Inside her the hollow spaciousness makes everything in her life echo, even the thin, tick-tick motion of the whispering clock. The low-lit hotel bar, now wearing a dark cloak of shadow and memories, is almost.