That seemed to be a turning point. Indeed, on Wednesday he started to get excited about riding on Friday. That evening he decided to ring Emma to conf...irm their arrangement, the excuse being that if they were going to have coffee before setting out they ought to start half an hour earlier. Her number was ex-directory. That was a setback. Thursday morning was his stint at the Citizens' Advice Bureau and his mind was fully occupied but the afternoon and evening were of excited anticipation.Emma. Evil Ann, the tough, scary, sometimes violent and the definitely-not-to-be-messed-with-Evil-Ann, crouched at her feet meekly licking her shoes."You should be thanking me slave" she said growing in confidence.Ann smiled up at her, "Oh thank you mistress for allowing this unworthy slave to serve you" Ann replied in a mock display of abasement. "Mistress is so kind and generous and beautiful and perfect"Ann returned to her task."What else, about me slave?"Beth revelled as Ann waxed poetically. Too well, I thought. The slight touching I had todo to pull his shorts up seemed to turn him on a little, and you couldsee the outline of his erection against his shorts.This did not esacpe the girls. "Wow, he is always ready, isn't he?"Lisa asked.I decided to ignore that remark. I noticed there was one more smallpackage that was still unopened. "What's in this one?" I asked."Oh, the spring," Nancy replied. "We'll leave that for later."The girls decided they wanted to learn some more about. They, too, deserved a life after growing up with their father.The sisters recover quickly and are genuinely glad that Mark has found someone. Someone so handsome and kind. At dinner, Patti has Brian sit next to her, with Mark on the other side. Brian is the center of attention as he answers her questions about himself. Patti is bursting with pride when she learns about his education and position at the bank. Patting Brian’s hand as she tells Mark he better be good to Brian as he is a gem.