I freely admit that if my regiment had to lose a flag I would prefer it not to be one I had given."He generously presented me with fifty guineas, as r...ward for saving the Regimental colour, but I demurred, saying it was Ensign Clinton who had carried it into the square, and he should have the reward. Ensign Aston Clinton had since secured a lieutenant's commission, and had transferred into the 24th Foot.Lord Brownlow would have none of it."Not at all, if you hadn't formed the square he would. In the silence that followed nobody seemed to want to speak first, I think all three of us girls suddenly realised what we had done, and that Deke was a guy. A guy who was relatively new to our family.He just sat there nursing his whisky, staring into the fire, for so long I was considering screaming, at him, at the stars, at my own stupidity.When he spoke his voice was as soft as when he gentled Lady. “Guess I’d better see about a proper leather sling and harness then...”We were not staggering. Now we communicate almost daily using a private messaging app and it turns out that Jim and I have many other common interests besides that website. We talk about all kinds of things, including our many shared interests, our families, our wives and of course, our sex lives. Over time, I have learned that his sex life is dysfunctional. (His wife rarely puts out anymore) Meanwhile, I had been bragging about mine.Early on, I occasionally mentioned my conversations with Jim to my wife and after. She was eye-ball deep in Photoshop, too, talking about typefaces and gradients.I was introduced, said "Hi", then showered and took Kim and Casey to dinner. I kept having a tickle of an idea that Casey looked vaguely familiar.Kim explained to me where that feeling came from when I got home the next day."You dated her mom." I dated several women," I said. "Some of them, uh, most of them had kids of different ages. Casey looks vaguely familiar. Her last name, though? That doesn't ring a bell." Her.