Maura was close, and there was a tension that needed to be broken. "So, do you have a resolution this year? Or...do you even believe in them?" Somehow..., Maura didn't seem like the type to buy into such things."Many cultures have rituals for new beginning coinciding with yearly or seasonal changes," Maura said automatically. She hesitated before looking at Jane, meeting her dark eyes suddenly. "I don't usually think about them," she added quietly. "Do you?" Usually nothing more meaningful than. The conversation was just normal in the pool but that would change when we went up to my unit and went from beer to whiskey.Once the sun set, it got a lot cooler and since I owed The Landlord a beer I invited him up to my place for another drink. Whiskey or beer, we both opted for beer. When we got up to my unit The Landlord asked me if I had another towel and I threw him one. I was in the kitchen pouring us some drinks and to my complete surprised, The Landlord dried himself off really well. I’m sure it is as strange for him as it was for me when I visited Kobekistan,” Gwenllian turned to her grandson, “Come along, Ghasaan. I’ll fix you up with a little snack and you can watch TV while your mother bathes.”As she relaxed in the bath Nicola thought back to those days at Oxford and her friendship with Sharifa. Now she was Sharifa Abdullah, M.A. (Oxon), D.Sc., Professor of Mathematics at the University for Women in Kobek city recently founded by Ghasaan’s father, the Emir, may he live. He sat on one rock and I adjusted slowly to sit in lap showing my back to his face. I did not care for sitting on his lap or hugging him as actually I wanted it. Vikram stopped me, baby not like that turn this way, water falling between us will be very good. Sheela was watching and enjoying it. I turned towards him, crossed my legs and sat in his lap, the grip was loose and we getting slipped, Vikram, Darling hold me tight with your legs crossed and he is holding my hip. I kept my legs around.