I saw his adam’s apple bob as he swallowed and just before he spoke, I heard Dave’s gravelly voice speak up, ‘Now Nikki, here I thought we were ...friends…’ Laughing, I turned to look at him, a teasing note to my voice, ‘Well I just figured your wife would appreciate me asking you and this young man looked perfectly capable…’ ‘Ahhhh…’ The water slide over his gorgeous body as he pulled himself up from the pool, muscles rippling in a way that made my mouth water, ‘but Jenny wouldn’t mind, she knows. ‘You are welcome... ‘ I breathed into the night, as I contemplated her good fortune.Helen, June, and Alice chose to stay on the mountain, rather than move somewhere more pleasant. I’d suggested Aruba, Atlantis, or Curacao, but Helen firmly rejected being anywhere but safe on my mountain, where she, her daughter, and her mother could pass through a carefully concealed door, and flee into the cave, where they would be safe until help arrived.There was no time for a relationship. Helen and I. I built a closet and some shelves for supplies I needed with lumber my dad gave me. Next to the closet was a footlocker that I kept a padlocked. I had a total of four lamps that flooded the cavern with warm yellow light."These pictures are very old." She said, referring to drawings of deer, wolves, and an assortment of other items and animals. Some were unidentifiable or unknown to me."Yes they are, I think the Indians did it when they lived here. There's a fire pit where they built their fires. When he finished there, he thought about the fact that his clothes were in the living room, and headed that way. As he passed her bedroom door, though, he paused, looking in, wanting one last look at her naked body.Her eyes were open.“Come back to bed,” she said, her voice muzzy.“Are you sure?” He felt immediately foolish for saying that.“Come back to bed,” she said again. This time her voice was firm.He went, unsure of what to do ... even how to get back into the bed ... not knowing what to do.