David took a sip as the Prince and Ashar sat down with their drinks. “Your officers have given me a full report of what happened in the Pass.” “...Then you must know that my officers, Turin, and Sultar fought the battle, not I Sir.”The Prince chuckled, “Yes, so I heard. You, on the other hand, were apparently distracted putting out burning fuses on Russian mortar bombs or standing in full view of a thousand rifle-firing Afghans while directing the fire of your mortar that destroyed the Russian. “Go in the kitchen now,” I ordered. “Sally will give you a list of tasks that have to be done before dinner. Once dinner’s finished, you’ll be passed around among my guys – they all want to test-drive you since you just got here. Sally will show you to your quarters in the basement. After dinner, the men will visit you in there, one by one. You’re in for a long night... there’s no getting around that.” Sally opened the door, holding a list, and looked at her indifferently. “Notice that no one. At night, after our naked adventures, I would look at myself in the mirror, and every day I would like what I saw more and more. Even later, when my parents and sister had gone to sleep, I would jerk off with images of Paulina and Tea in my mind.One naked night a couple of months later, during the first week of July, I was at Paulina's home, this time alone with her. Tea was seeing her physio and couldn't come that night.Paulina sat in the other corner of the sofa half-turned towards me, her. Watching them together I enjoyed that. I thought I could tell something about people when they were doing something mundane. Marcus stretched his hand towards Thomas they shook hands like old friends. It was odd but they seem to have known one another. In a short span of time I was aware they did know one another. ‘Thomas how wonderful to see you again. This is Lilly my wife.’ He spoke with a demeanor of familiarity. We all stood there meeting one another, shaking hands. Very cordial eventually.