He said to give herself time to learn if she liked him or not and then to go from there. ‘Come and go as you wish, just leave me a note. I like the ...idea of you returning each morning early to paint at the beach. Oh and another thing. We should start soon to plan my fortieth birthday and to decide the guest list.’ ‘Consisting of your lady friends?’ she said without malice but wished she hadn’t said that. He said casually, ‘Of course, at least some of them and their partners, most of whom I know. ''I smiled as I started the car and drove to the swing park.-----That night when Zak was in bed, I cracked open a bottle of wine for Maria and myself to drink whilst we had a chat and reminisced about the times we had shared together, good and bad. ''Where did you go today, Jessie?'' Maria asked knowing full well where I went.''Do you really have to ask?'' I looked at her as I sipped my wine.''No but I want you to talk about it rather than bottle it all up.'' she gave me a half smile.''I was. You know how I feel about you, though. I hate to see what you’ve gone through all these years, especially knowing that you deserved so much better.’ She was quiet for the longest time. We both were. She sipped her Mist and I sipped mine. There wasn’t much else that could be said. The only redeeming thing about the time was that Kat let me hold her hand throughout. I twirled the ring on her finger, the symbol of my brother’s pledge. I’d never worn a band myself. I had said I’d just never found. My great niece ,Bekka calls me last week saying she's having problemswith her new computer. I had just set it up the week before. I also had theshock of my life that same day. I had been fucking her mother for about 2years. We were always careful about it. But I was at her moms beforegoing to set up her computer unit. I needed a fuck real bad. Angie is alwayswilling and is a super fuck. Little did I know Bekka had come over to talk to her mom. We werein Angie's bed room going at it. Bekka.