.. I would like to be yours."I couldn't believe what I was hearing! The woman I had secretly been longing after for all this time was now asking me if...she could be my girl? It was all I could do to hold myself from bowling the girl over in my excitement!I had to lay there under her for a few seconds processing this development and calming myself down so I didn't look and sound like an idiot in front of her. This was a serious moment and deserved serious respect."Peter?" Her voice snapped me out. “Yes she does. Esther, I wore pastels for the rest of the Season after I was wed. That stretched the rules enough, and I was a Tarleton. These clothes, even if they looked new, are not what a countess wears. They scream ‘school girl,’ and you are a matron. Young woman, what is your name?”“Dorcas, milady.”“And before you were Lady Esther’s maid, you were?”“Chambermaid for a solicitor’s family, milady.”“No criticism intended, but I don’t think that qualifies you for this expedition. I think,. “And, the smaller tanks are available everywhere.”“There’s another thing about staying here that concerns me,” Abby went on, “and that’s the weather. Specifically, the flooding we get when it rains, especially during hurricanes. Even if our building doesn’t flood, the stores and other things we depend on can get ruined, and we can get trapped in an area until the flood waters drain off. We get some bad thunderstorms, too.”“Where could we go, Dallas?” Chanelle asked.‘It gets cold in Dallas in. “Olivia, why?” She was barely able to speak. In a soft, fearful voice she said, “I am sorry. I was just curious about boys and one night I heard you making noise. I knew you could look into the room from the closet and I went up there and when I looked through I saw you, um, masturbating. I just could not stop watching and stayed there until you went to bed. Then the next time you were here I thought about the camera and when you went to bed I took it with me. I was surprised and excited.