The entire citadel perches on a squat plateau, surrounded by a tall expanse of forest that acts as a natural buffer between the nefarious keep and the...rest of the surrounding world. This blasted woodland seamlessly jettisons hapless wanderers between the secular existence of neglected countryside and the slumbering enmity of violent superstition given flesh. A nameless village stands amidst the woods surrounding this castle, evidently abandoned by its residents, decades ago. Trees jut forth. He recognized me at the beach and pointed me out to her. Mary Anne told him that I was hot and if he had ever thought about he and I having sex.Unconsciously I leaned forward in anticipation of what his response was…don’t think he noticed, I didn’t myself. I wondered if my daughter and I would be this candid about this stuff…had to be a first for a Mom and son.He said that he mumbled an answer, whereas Mary Anne took that as a yes and instead of giving him a chance to refute her, she animatedly. “I’m surprised you’re just going to walk away from a crime scene.”“I am following protocol. I’m assigning the task of securing the scene to qualified personnel until the scene is processed and released. SACs normally delegate the babysitting of crime scenes off, and sometimes it takes the techs days to clear a scene. You don’t think one person has to stay there the whole time.”“Ok. It still seems unlike you.”“Well...” she said and let it sit.Taylor dropped it since he didn’t normally have a. .. But there's only little old me." Well I was hoping that you were my girlfriend."Putting on her best southern drawl she said. "But sugar you ain't evenasked me to go steady.... Ain't you being just a little presumptuous?"I was sure she was joking but with little experience at dating Iwasn't sure. I sunk down onto one knee, and a small gathering oftittering passersby stopped. "Sandy would you do me the honor of beingmy girlfriend?"She laughed. "Well now that ya asked in front of all these.