On direct orders from Washington, I led two full troops of cavalry in hot pursuit of the fast moving cavalry units under Major Tarleton’s command an...d managed to corner a sizable grouping of the worst ones near a town called Newport near the shore. The had already hung a dozen or more Patriots in the town square and were ready to set a schoolhouse ablaze with a number of female Patriot females and children inside as an example to the deluded colonists that loyalty to the King was their only. Downtown." Okay, let's go there as see how she is."I almost didn't recognize her when we found the room. She was alone, propped up in her bed, looking far older than her forty-three years. Her eyes were closed, and her head was turned away. Tommy and I stood in the doorway for a moment before we entered. She must have heard the chair scraping on the floor as I pulled it toward the bed."Tommy? Stan? Stan, what are you doing here?" she asked in a weak voice."I was going to ask you the same. .. Well..." I felt her hand steal into mine, and a warm feeling went through me, allowing me to settle my jumpy nerves. "Actually, no, that's not it." Four sets of eyes looked at us, and the mothers noticed our clasped hands. "Well, it sort of is, but actually, we want to get married before we go, so we can live together."Strangely, none of our parents said anything, but weird things happened. I saw my Dad hold his hand out to her father, and receive what looked like a twenty-dollar bill. Her. She was wearing a beige skirt suit that made her look even more pale than usual. She smiled brightly at me and took my hand after I sat down. Lust and bliss flushed through me like the wash of fresh, warm water. Danielle hummed her reaction in my ear.“Now, I understand you two are a couple, but we can’t have you acting like this during the meeting,” Terri said. “The last thing we want is to cause further problems.”Danielle frowned and let go of my hand. It hurt to sit so close to her but not.