" He reached into his inside jacket pocket and withdrew a slim blue-velvet box which he held out towards her. He reached forward with his other hand a...nd flipped the lid of the box open, revealing a glittering diamond necklace and matching earrings inside."Oh Grandpa," Shannon gushed, her hand flying to her mouth in surprise, her eyes opening wide as she looked at the dazzling jewels. "They're ... they're gorgeous!" A beautiful young woman like you deserves something equally beautiful." Ted. The shaded candle lights on the table offer just enough lighting to see each other and the stage lights provide the rest. You start off with a margarita and he has a couple of shots of tequila and you do a little talking while the band warms up. Once the band begins their first number, the conversation stops and your date scoots over closer to you and puts an arm around you on your shoulder and puts the other arm on your inner thigh and immediately moves his hand up to bare skin. You look down. The cook was also dark-skinned and I began to wonder if all the Shippen servants were of the black persuasion or did they have a varied mix.A dreadfully young girl of about eleven or twelve wandered into the kitchen and came right over and perched right on my lap. She was so bright and charming that I was somewhat taken aback. Needless to say, I evolved into a stirring of sorts and I could tell from the young girl’s eyes that she knew exactly which end was up. When she made no move to remove. This is me. This is who I am. * * * * * Being that I’ve always had low self-esteem and lacked confidence from being emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by seven men, eight men when counting my physically abusive ex-husband, I did something unusual to help me when I’m feeling blue. With me writing so very many stories for others, I wrote a story for myself. It’s a non-erotic story, a story that has no sex in it, but I find the story inspirational and a boost to my ego whenever I’m.