The King and one of his guards sat across from us. We held hands and blessed the meal quietly.We raised our heads and took for forks and dug in. The K...ing said, “With me is Berthold Maes. He is the Captain of my Guard. He wants to say something to you.”He straightened. “Miss Roberts, Mister Madison, thank you for what you did. Those fanatics would have gone out of the kitchen door and killed more including the King and the Princess. On behalf of my men, we appreciate what you did.” He rose in. . I don't think I was successful when just before he hung up he said,"Honey if a lover is what you need to be happy I guess I could learn to deal with it.".The next day when he called he had just hung up with talking with Bob again. He mentioned he had told Bob about our conversation about my appetite. I really wasn't surprised when Rick related how Bob had jokingly volunteered to help me out anytime.Rick and I both laughed a little nervously... then the subject was dropped. However I found. I wasfeeling full of nervous energy so I figured a workout was in order.I'd brought sweats and spent the next two hours going through a routinethat left me gasping for breath. Once done I went to the shower andgot the water running and just then I heard my phone ring. I rushedback to the living area and picked it up off the desk where I'd leftit. It was my number so I pushed 'talk.'"Kristina?" Yeah, James, it's me. What's so urgent? What happened?" It was myvoice, but it sounded. Babs piped up and said she wasn’t either. The owner said that was okay and didn’t matter, the offer still stood. He told the waitress to get a round of drinks on the house and that he would give the girls a few minutes to decide. Babs asked me what I thought and I told her it was completely up to the two of them. Then the two girls started discussing it as if I wasn’t there sitting between them. After a few minutes and finishing their second drink they decided not to do it. When the owner.
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