”“I understand, Gerald. We need to set a date soon. I want to be married to you.” She squirmed a bit and then said, “We could get married at t...he courthouse but I would like it to be performed in church. We will talk to Pastor Ken on Monday evening and make it happen.”It was late but I went home. In the morning, my mother asked me if anything was wrong and I told her that there wasn’t but we were tempted to the point that we couldn’t sleep together innocently. Mom grinned at me. I said, “I may. The buttons seemed strained and Beth’s white brawas somewhat visible underneath. We had a great dinner of fish and salad with freshbread. Between the three of us, two bottles ofchardonnay had been consumed and another had beenopened. All of us were feeling no pain and had loosenedup, which was good. None of us had any experience withthis sort of thing. We retired to the living room afterdinner, each with a glass of wine and Norah Jonesplaying soft in the background.I sat in a recliner. “When I return, you may do as you wish from there.” “Your Familiar?” She questioned. Lynx had already begun. “Iacere peritus arcessere explere!” And a hawk with black feathers and red eyes appeared before him. He then sat down and asked the hawk to take her back to their community. After he found a piece of bark worth writing on, her wrote a note of explanation and tied it to Dalc’s leg. “Okay, now lead her.” Dalc then flew slowly, and the woman followed. Lynx then ventured into the cave and. ‘Now what?’ Jane said. ‘I don’t feel anything yet.’ Before she finished talking there was a rush of happiness that spread through her chest and her mind, quickly followed by another rush and another rush. It was like her head was pulsating with love and loopiness. ‘Okay,’ she said nodding. ‘Okay, I get it.’ There was a surge of satisfaction in her chest, like there was nothing left to want, nothing left to strive for. The world was perfect already, she was precisely where she was supposed.