Then Cindy said that she wanted to ask me something particular."What it is," said Cindy, "is, that we are concerned that you don't haveany particular ... friends!" Friends?" I said. "I don't have any friends?" Well, no!" I never really had a large number of friends before Victoria," I said,"and I lost touch with them when I moved up here three or four yearsback. But I do have friends, Alex for starters!" No," said Cindy, "I mean.... well, I actually mean girlfriends orboyfriends whatever your. All of them with the understanding they would be one time arrangements. Like I said; On the whole, Life is good; And I never wanted anything more. But recently, I've given in to repeat temptations. It started when Abby's work mandated us to leave the lives we had in Baltimore; And move to the suburbs of Columbia, Missouri.Which is where my jogging comes back in. I soon learned Columbia's a college town; And not an easy one to live in while the wife's away on business. The coeds seem to be. “You have torpedo tubes,” Helen accused in a soft voice. “Please tell me you don’t have munitions in there,” she hissed. “One impact on the bottom of your hull and the entire ship goes up.”“Then I won’t tell you anything,” Ethan answered with a grin. He pulled the hatch open on the first tube and used a light to look inside. “Hand me the small white and yellow box from beside my seat,” he asked with a glance to Helen. She huffed at him but did as he requested. “Thanks,” he muttered as she. Carmine lip gloss to hint at the femme fatale lurking within me. A dab ortwo of Charley behind the ears.I feel like a proper pansy.But I don't have to make any beds this morning. Better a painted doll thana skivvy.The fun begins a minute or two after I've arrived in the dining room, whenKerrie breezes through the door and discovers that the table at which shehad expected to sit is occupied by a dapper young gentleman in a stylishchecked sports jacket and an open-necked shirt, together with a.