Maybe if Erin had never met me, herlife could have been happy. Maybe if she had met somebody like GraysonBoult, who wanted to do good in the world, s...he would have led arewarding life of contentment, surrounded by children. It could havebeen a wonderful life. Wonderful.I was just worried about leaving my girls alone. I hurried back but itwas almost morning by the time my van pulled up outside our place.Grayson came around a few days later with papers to transfer welfare outof state. This. .. that’s right ... I’m a professional ... all of it...”Just then Caroline Jenson strode into the room from the foyer. She was a tall woman, and slim, although heavily breasted, with dark brown hair. “Good heavens, Malcolm! We need to do more than just give them brandy. These children are freezing!” she exclaimed. “Come with me. We’ve got to warm you up immediately.” Stepping between Cory and Laurie, she gracefully but rapidly moved them back to the foyer and towards the circular. She touches my lips with her index finger, then her nipple. Oh, she must mean kiss! I smile to her. I can do that! I slowly kiss a path down the center of her chest. Her hand moves from my shoulder to the back of my neck. She guides me. She shows me what she wants. Moving me from peak to peak. I give her soft, silent little kisses. I feel that familiar need growing inside me.I'm in a trance. She has this unexplainable power over me. I'll do whatever she asks, and I think she senses. Would it be with Harold? She couldn't picture anyone else, but he wasn't her first boyfriend. Nor was she Hal's first girlfriend by a long shot; he was in college and an experienced man, however often she called him a boy to her mother. Was Hal willing to wait until it would be fun for her?"Remember a few years ago? Seen any little kids recently? The reason they really envy adults is that adults get to stay up instead of going to bed." They shared the laugh.When they got to the turnoff into the.