When Alina’s mother, as Corina had told her, had come stumbling from the dark forest that backed Lyrisa against the sea, she’d been heavy with pre...gnancy. No sooner than she’d laid eyes on Corina, the woman had gone into labor. With Corina’s help, she’d delivered Alina into the world, but the grueling process which had gone on for more than two days had taken its toll. Alina’s mother drew her last breath just she had drawn her first. The woman she would never know, ‘Iliana’ as Corina had called. As had Rochelle. The clock radio said it was 7:16. Nate rustled his hair with his hands and went down to get the paper. His cell phone rang and Nate answered, expecting it to be Reggie. ‘Nate?’ The voice asked. ‘Yeah, what’s up?’ ‘This is Bret Carr.’ The voice waited. ‘Oh. Wow. How’s it going Bret?’ ‘I’m doing great. I was wondering if you wanted to play a little catch with me and some of the other guys I’ve been working with in the off season.’ ‘Well sure. When?’ ‘How about I send a car for. It was great laying back on the blanket, the sun wasn't too hot; Mum lay with her head on my chest and took my hand and placed it on her breast, "Mum you are driving me to distraction, as much as I like the scenery, you are giving me a constant stiffy." Mum reached down and held my bursting erection in her hand; I happened to look around at that moment and saw a rough looking surfer type heading our way. "We've got company Mum and I don't like the look of him," Mum sat up and grabbed her top. All spell checked and everything. I thanked her, we actually shook hands. ‘You helped me too, I enjoyed working on that with you.’ She said. It hit me again just how green her eyes were. I had to ask. ‘Are those contacts?’ ‘No. I get asked that sometimes, my eyes are just weird.’ ‘Your eyes are beautiful!’ I blurted out. She flushed bright pink. Lord was this woman shy! ‘Hey, I have almost $10.00, it won’t buy much but would you like to go get something to eat?’ I asked. She blinked at me for.