I rest my cheek against his collarbone and sigh. His body is warm and soft. We stay like that for a few minutes, his grip slowly tightening as the sec...onds pass.His kindness makes my eyes well up and I sniff as a tear rolls down the side of my face, trickling down under the front of his t-shirt. He takes a step back, holding me by the waist at arm's length. His face is full of concern."Ms Gardner? What happened?" I need him, Peter. I need my James." The tears flow freely now."Heyyy, shh. It's. Was she a catholic? (She was in a perfunctory sort of way). Why did she live alone? Where were her parents? Most embarrassing was the mother’s attempt over washing up to discover the condition of Stephanie’s hymen through a series of questions about boy friends in the past. The visit over, Francesco escorted her back to her flat, kissed her good night in the rather courtly way he had, and departed. Another royal command was issued for the following Saturday. This time there were no further. She figured if this was going to be as harrowingas she expected she would need all the help she could get to stay aroused.Crystal escorted Sarah to the toilet and gave her a douche kit and waitedoutside until she was finished."Ah the less glamorous side of anal sex," Sarah sighed wanly.Crystal smacked gum."Yeah; but if you haven't done it, its good excuse to tell your boyfriendno if he tries to roll you over," she clacked her gum and led her back toMakeup for a final check.Sarah was glad when. When the game started he had me stand in the back of her court and when she missed the ball, which was most of the time, I had to run and pick it up, and hand it to her so she could return the serve. It was a very hot day and even though I was wearing a shirt I could still feel the sun on my sunburned back.A little later she said, "Billie can't you be a little faster? You are so slow you are spoiling our game."Finally I had to speak up. "Kathy, I am very tired and my back is starting to hurt.".