Took me by surprise is all.He tells her he has no one specific in mind; his imagination simply ran amok and formed the puddle of text on which she's s...lipped and fallen. There's no point in opening her legs if she isn't free to open up elsewhere, she reasons.All that tame stuff I sent you, compared to this... It made me feel... I don't know. I don't know why.Ten minutes go by before the number pops again.In damage-control mode, he retraces his steps as if seeing them through her eyes, conveying. The beef was cooked to perfection--medium rare inside with thepastry beautifully flaky but not dry--much to Mandy's relief. Diannehad been in raptures about the wine, but everyone was drinking withgreat moderation, so there would probably be no need for the secondbottle. Mandy and Peter were talking a lot about school throughout the meal.She had been very interested to hear about his school, explaining howshe had never been to an actual school (according to the story she hadto keep up) but was. Selina just shrugged. "As a pastime, I occasionally work with a CAD program when I am not in class. I am currently in the second stage of the approval process of a preliminary design of living and storage quarters for our proposed underground fortress. Of course, the design must be reviewed again by my Prime and my Queen, and should they desire additional changes, those will be incorporated. After that, the architect will produce the final working design, but I am learning from the process and. I'm sorry for her, of course, but there is nothing I can do."There was silence between them, both just staring at each other. Greg broke the silence, "Has your wife forgiven you?" I don't know about that, not yet. After you called by on that Saturday, well I spent the night in the car. But on the Sunday she let me back in the house, at least to talk. We can't afford for me to run up a huge hotel bill, so I'm sleeping on a camp bed in the study. And we are talking, sort of. I think she will at.