The thought of my wife with a black man was really beginning to bother me and I wanted to see if I could end this now before it went any farther. When... I neared the door I heard what sounded like several voices.I knocked on the door and James answered with a grin saying, "You finally caught up - huh." As he stepped aside to let me in I saw 6 other black guys drinking and smoking what appeared to be pot. Mary was sitting on the bed and she was smoking a joint, this too was a first for her. As she. Shannon remains more of the social butterfly, more interested in boys than grades. While she never brings home anything under a C, she also never spends much time on her homework.Mary and I have been walking around the ranch while the children are in school. We drive into the back area of the ranch nearly every day and walk around to see how the cattle are doing. I find myself beginning to love the landscape around here. Much of the land is dry, as we don't get much rain down here, but we are. “Wow!” Holly finally said after she gave a languid stretch. “That was, that was like,” then she seemed like she was at a loss for words.“That was like the most amazing thing ever!” Linda finished for her. I kissed her cheek as the three of us nodded in agreement.Keith kissed Holly’s cheek, and asked “Babe, was this like, one of those planned moments?”Holly and Linda both shook their heads. “Nope, we didn’t plan this, I guess it just kinda happened.” She lifted their clasped hands, and kissed. Emma looked up at me, bewilderment on her face, as I gently extracted myself from her and kissed her lightly on the lips. ‘Glad you enjoyed it,’ I said. ‘Thank you for your company. It was very satisfying to spend time with you. You will make some young man very happy.’ I turned and walked back to the car. I noticed Emma gazing at me through the rear mirror as I turned the corner of the road. # I spent the next week in a state of fluttering excitement. Romantic love and I had been strangers for.