After we rested for a few minutes, we went back at it. We fucked and sucked the whole hour away. Ed is a great lover, and I was a little bit sore, whe...n were finished the hour. BACK TO ME TO FINISH UP THIS PART OF THE STORY We never spoke a word to each other over the weekend. The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Sunday I left for a 2-3 day sales trip going to a couple of different cities. I came home early Wednesday afternoon, and could see flashing lights down our street.. I told her that I fully understand and also took a bold step to get closer to her seat. She understood my motive behind my move. I asked I can see her palm. She asked me if I knew astrology, but I said I wanted to see her life line alone. While holding her hand, I started admiring her fingers, and her nails. I told her openly that she has long admirable fingers, and I played with my two fingers as though a spider would walk on her palm. She seemed to be enjoying it. I took her hand close to her. She was looking for a life-time partner. So was I really, but we knew that we were not the person who could fill that role for each other. The friendship continued for a while until Bridget found the right man for her. We made the usual comments, you know the ones about remaining friends and seeing each other from time to time. We all know that is just hot air. We would talk on the phone occasionally, but even that faded away. So I was again a single man at forty-nine. Probably for the rest of. "After the christening ceremony, where Jean-Woodrow behaved impeccably, and was cooed over and kissed by, it seemed, all the females of Wallers and Valenciennes. By now Hercule Hulot had sold several diamonds, from both the girls' and my share, and the château was fully staffed with domestics, and the estate with farm workers. The spring ploughing would go ahead on time, and the stables and workshops of the château were in process of being repaired.Mimi was the centre of attention, well she.