The wind was becoming stronger and it started hitting me harder as I increased the accelerator. There were many cross junctions in my way but I knew t...hat traffic would be less on SUNDAY’s. I honked first but later stopped that too. I suddenly remember that I had forgot to write some Java program that was given for assignment. I was thinking hard on how to solve it. I completely missed that one strong horn of that Scorpio.I realized that I was going to die when the sound of the emergency brake. "In my mind's eye, I saw the ladies of Gemini taking Steve and his wife aside, and, while telling the story of our trip to China at Talibah's insistence, 'listened' in on the conversation as they told him of our new relationship. It was odd how this sort of mental separation had become second nature to me, but during our trek across the People's Republic, it had been necessary for all of us. Sun and Jun taught me how they managed, and with practice, I got pretty good at it.Hastings, thankfully,. " We chatted briefly about college then I went back to reading my book.I glanced up when the two boys removed their shirts and my mouth flew open. Michael was no longer the chubby kid from the neighborhood, now the baby fat was gone, replaced with a flat stomach and rippling muscles on his arms. His friend Malcolm was equally built, tall, muscular and a little darker skinned than Michael. He noticed my stare and just gave me a wink as he and Malcolm walked over and jumped in the pool. I. For starters, I just wanted to ogle and admire her, but I knew she wouldn’t stand for just standing there too long. “If you’ll just step this way, my dear,” I took her hand and led her to the cross.She was compliant, neither helping nor hindering, as I fastened her wrists to the cuffs on the upper arms of the cross, and her ankles to the lowers.I popped a small ball gag into her mouth. It wasn’t enough to silence her if she wanted to be heard, but she understood I meant her to remain quiet.Then.