”“And what would we do?”“Anna, I’ve got plenty of money in the bank, so we could travel, I could take you any place you want to go.” I an...wered with the hope that she would find the idea of travel appealing.With a sense of urgency in her voice, “Chuck, I want you, I need you, but it’s just that I don’t want a relationship right now. I’m sorry but I don’t love you.”After my wife died I didn’t think I would find another love; but I had begun to think that Anna was the one, but the possibility. Sean gives me a whistle and an only slightly over the top round ofapplause. "Wow, Jessica. You do clean up good!"I draw myself up haughtily. "Oh this is nothing, darling. You should seewhen I really try." Sean smiles and pulls his legs up, giving me a clearinvitation to sit next to him. I sit next to him, but not too close,mustn't be too forward, and gesture towards his beer. "Are you holdingout on me, sir?"Sean gives me a mock bow before reaching under the coffee table to graba beer from a. Slow. Sure of the way. She was completely anonymous from behind, and boldly exposed ahead. Her palm tacky and hot as his own. She moved as if she were guiding them through oncoming currents of air, as if they were swimming toward daylight. But the dawn was still, and the further they got from the plaza where they’d been masked in a sea of masks, the quieter the world seemed to become. He should have been wary of where she was leading him. He should have been ashamed of his semi-inflated cock. I learned the names of the moons of the planets as well as all of the major constellations and many of the stars.Going through my teen years, I sort of lost interest, but picked it back up again as an adult. When I saw the telescope, I knew I had to get it and seriously renew my search of the Cosmos.That first night, I set up the telescope on my deck and started looking at the sky, restoring my familiarity with what I saw up there. It was exciting and brought back a lot of the joy of my.