I wondered if I would have done the same. We all laughed and talked for hours before I decided to leave as I had some errands to do before the barbecu...e. I kissed Crystal on the cheek thanked her for last night and said my good-byes, leaving the two to plan for tonight. As I left Anna came running over to the door, her deep blue eyes gleaming in the bright sunlight. We kissed passionately, more passionately than we had before. I wasn’t sure if she was opening up to me more or if she was just. Away from the pain of Grandma McKesson's passing, and as I heard from mom later, away from the attentions and expectations of Evangeline Shorritch and her kin, whose almost-as-wealthy family had agreed during Dad's youth that they would be a good match.I remember Dad telling me that the only good things which came of being raised on Chocowinity Bay, was a love for sailing, which he had learned from an Uncle, and the memories of being able to tell his Dad with a straight face, on his tenth. She had never caught him watching porn before, but for a boy that age, this type of thing was natural. Since she was a single mom, divorced just over a year ago, she knew it wasn’t her stinking ex-husband who had been watching this. After watching the sex on the screen for another minute or so, it was beginning to feel very natural to Tina as well. She was beginning to feel that familiar tingling deep below her denim pants. She called Mark’s name a couple of times to see if he was home. There. . Taaaaaaaa.An elderly gentleman wearing expensive clothing and a long flowing robe followed the horn players, pounding the end of his bejeweled staff three times on the wooden platform to get everyone’s attention, not that the horns hadn’t already.“His Majesty, King Tariske,” he boomed, loud enough that I’m sure that even people in the back heard him.Moments later, King Tariske climbed the wooden stairs at the back of the stage and the man who had announced him bowed and then stepped behind.