" That's the first step. You have got to love yourself, before you cantruly love others," Chris said."Amen to that," came from Andrea entering the roo...m. She came and satbeside Terri and said, "Remember that vision you told me about: thefemale face? Now what is marriage but a joining of two people? In yourcase, Terri and you are joining in a sort of marriage, too, bringing outthe best in both. Haven't you ever heard a man introduce his wife as'his better half.' A rather ironic saying, don't you. George is seriously talented.”“Who knew?” Johnny said.“I sure didn’t. I thought he never had an original thought in his head.”I handed in my card, Johnny ran it, I signed. The jeep had plenty of room. I took the long way home. Through Ranchester and out Wolf Creek. I stopped at Metzger’s Mercantile and looked in my locker. Time to re-order. I was developing a taste for grass-fed beef. It’s leaner and I’d started worrying about my weight.Mrs. Metzger buzzed me through ... the butcher shop is. The next day i got out of bed and went downstairs to make myself some breakfast i looked at the choice hmmm egg on toast for a change i think, Mum had woke up and came downstairs to in a hurry for work " Morning angle, i'm of to work i'll see you this evening your dads just poped out to the shop to get some milk he'll be right back" mum kissed my forehead and gave me a quick hug before dashing to the door hurrying for work. "oh and by the way darling someone came around for you saying sorry for. ”“What?”“This weekend, Diana invited us to a pool party.”--------------------------------It was a couple of days before the party on Saturday, and I made sure to stay on Melissa’s good side the whole time. The aching in my balls never really went away, or if it did the memory of it was so present in my mind that it felt like they were still aching. I never wanted to experience that again. Her tongue though, that was a different matter. I needed to feel that again, but even thinking about it.