Her own skin was roughened these days. That winter on the island had wrought havoc with it. She looked healthy, but she had lost some of the soft femi...nine smoothness that she so loved in Rachel.Using skin creams would restore her to her former state, of course. But Gloria liked herself the way she was. She'd long given up on shaving her legs, armpits or pubic thatch. Rachel didn't mind a hairy lover, although she had noticed Edwina almost retch when she had seen the bare-shouldered Gloria raise. "74% of 368" she said to herself whilst tapping her pencil on knee. She just could not concentrate, her mind kept thinking about the crystal light shade on the ceiling that was shaking about faster and faster. She shook her head trying to get the thought of her parents out of her head. "74% of 368" she repeated over and over . She tapped the pencil harder and harder on her knee whilst biting her lip until, she jumped up off the sofa and walked towards the door. She stood at the bottom of the. So Tad dropped the bag where he stood, walked to the kitchen area and started making coffee. He was comfortable waiting, Una would speak sometime soon, default position he would go to the guest room. He made coffee and got her to sit down. He lived alone, he was used to silence, he had no need to fill the air with waffle. They sat. Una deep in her own thoughts,Tad just rolling along.Eventually she spoke “I don’t know. I like you and probably did want you to share my bed, but now you are here I. She marveled at both the size (six times the floor space of her previous house) and the luxuriousness of the furnishings. It was all like a dream as she met the servants and groundskeepers who would see to her every need.She and Denise discussed plans for the wedding. Lynn would have been satisfied with a private ceremony with just the two of them, but she knew how much it meant to Denise and so she excitedly planned the guest list with her mistress. Lynn invited Paul, who wished her every.