" "You don't have to apologize baby." Monica hugged him close to her chest, "I loved your father too, I haven't been with anyone since." The two embra...ced tightly, Ethan stood to take his mama into his arms and they began to sway, slow dancing to some song playing in their minds. After a while, Ethan turned on some music in order to waltz with Monica. As they moved together, her breasts rubbed against his chest and his hands slipped to hold her hips. Perfume radiated from her neck, the sensual. ————————————— It lay quiet, perhaps sleeping, perhaps dead, a thing of metal, unknown metal, sitting exposed beneath the stars. Seemingly long dead, if a thing of metal could ever have lived, though our thoughts seem to tell us it did. Buried lost for ages untold beneath layers of earth and rock. Rediscovered, uncovered, unearthed, a mystery yet something familiar, capable of unearthing things buried deep in our minds. Hidden thoughts awaken, thoughts long forgotten now have born a new.. Just take it home and tomorrow you can give me however much you think is right…..we can do the same every week, but this way you get to keep a bit of money for yourself, OK!’ Suddenly she just burst into floods of tears, threw her arms around my neck and gave me a big hug, then ran off in the direction of the staff room. I felt like a real wimp for backing down over the money, but after all she was my baby sister and she had really made an effort that week. Or maybe it was because she looked. " Oh, Chris, that's really sad because she's a lovely girl and clearly is very fond of you but she's too hung up about the rape to let it go any further."He nodded sombrely. "I think I've got to let her go because we're not going to get anywhere as things stand. I'm going to drop taking her to and from work at least until the evenings draw in again. I might offer her the odd concert but that's it. Heads against brick walls but, oh Ellie, it's going to be painful. I'm very, very fond of her but.