”Veronica returns the laugh. “Not really. Are you okay?”“Oh, I’m fine,” Mandi says. “But what were you doing in there?”“What?”“T...hat building,” she says pointing. “What were you doing in there?”Veronica’s face burns red slightly as she looks back toward the door she just came out of. “Do you own it or something?”“Oh no,” Mandi says shaking her head. “If I owned something like that I’d have it demolished.”“Ah,” Veronica says with a sigh. “I was ... I’m not sure what I was doing in there.”“Are you. Ghira was understandably upset, since he was expecting a sweet welcome and not a sour goodbye.And now, all Ghira can do was to keep himself busy, for if he distracts himself with work, the less time he has to spend moping under the loneliness of the cold, empty home. He would often find ways to avoid coming back to his house, away from the constant reminder that he was to sleep alone this night and the next.When the sudden sound of the door knock echoed throughout the home, he willed himself to. I want you to know what to look for in your next lover.”“Wow! That's really generous of you. Are you OK with this Bill?”“Believe me. I'll be enjoying this as much as you.”So Bill led Suzie to our bed and Mary and I carried Tommy to Ellie's bed and got into bed with him there. Tommy woke up as we settled down and started to fondle his mother's breast, but Mary had other ideas.“Tommy, Suzie is sleeping with Bill tonight, instead of Wendy, so I suspect that Wendy is feeling a bit lonely. I think. She kept them closed to keep it from seeping down the inside of her leg. It was nice to feel so wet like that inside and it would be so messy if it got all over her new gown. Sandra wondered why her mentor had not taken advantage of her proffered brown eye but she decided he was saving that for after the evening's festivities.At the dinner, Sir Ralph talked to three of his Army buddies. They were all hot to trot to teach his protégée Sandra a lesson in humility. It looked like this shooting.