I’d kissed Phil goodbye as he commenced a new overseas assignment, unsure when I would see him in person next. I relived the parting of the ways and... the moment that Brian had moved his hand over my butt and firmly squeezed, then began to trace the strap of my suspender belt with his index finger as the garment dug into my thigh. This was not the action of a supportive Father in Law, but rather the actions of a man testing how far he could go, in fact I had to accept a huge degree of. “I love you Sammy, but I’ve already set out your punishment.”Sammy nodded, and then she quickly added, “Yes, Sumo.” She wasn’t happy, but the fact she corrected her nod told me she was learning.I then tiptoed to my little dresser, and found my old friend. I inserted it into my butt. I wasn’t sure if my body was still on Japan time and didn’t want to miss breakfast. It would be Sammy’s first chance to learn how to cook in an American kitchen.I found Sammy laying contentedly on the blanket. I. Entering my room, Kris was primed and waiting for me to head out to find apractice field in the area where we could hit around a few balls and seewhat we had. Thanks to the college, we had bats, gloves and ballssupplied. Kris and Corey had gone to retrieve them earlier. We gatheredup the ones interested in playing and went to seek out a field. It took alittle driving around before we found one that wasn't being used. Withtwelve people including myself and Corey, we headed out on the field to. I was thankful that they elected to stay here. I hadn't known what was missing in my life until I met Cindy. Now I was obsessing about how I could keep her in it."I'm glad your mom lives here, baby," I said."Me too," she giggled. "All kinds of nice things here." She smiled at me. "Ya know, Mizz Helen an' me used ta talk about you, before I started really talkin' with you at the pool." Oh yeah?" Yeah, she tol' me about her husband an' how he was older than her when they met. I thought it was.