‘Only eight hours, forty-four minutes and about fifteen seconds. Wait, make it ten seconds now until I see Howie!’ I thought to myself, jamming the key into the ignition and revving the engine a bit.
I pulled my cell phone out of the pocket of my briefcase, laid it between the seats and hooked in all the "hands-free" components for my drive to work. Two minutes later, I was heading towards Tampa from Ruskin, hitting US 41 and going north. I turned the radio up loud, and over the sound of the wind through the open windows, I sang along with Limp Bizkit.
I pulled into my parking space in the underground parking garage, grabbed my briefcase and went to my office. Grabbing my morning cup of hot chocolate, I sat down behind my desk with my Wall Street Journal in front of me. Checking over the closing prices from yesterday and comparing them with opening prices from this morning, I was on the phone with investor’s wondering what they should do with their stocks. Before I knew it, it was lunchtime and my stomach was telling me that I needed to find something to eat very quickly.
As I was winding down a phone call, a knock sounded on my door and I looked up to see Chelle standing at the door. Raising a finger to signal one minute, I concluded the phone call and stared at her, disbelieving my eyes since she had never stepped foot in my office before.
"Remember me?" She asked, trying not to look hurt and disappointed in me, failing miserably.
"I’m SO sorry Chelle. This has been a crazy week and I’ve just thrown you and your talk to the back burner. Have you eaten today? My stomach is rumbling, I was thinking of finding some chow. Wanna come? We can have our talk over soothing food and possibly drink."
"That’s fine. I’ll wait while you close things up here. Getting ready to go see Howie for the weekend?"
"You have no idea how giddy I am right now, I can’t remember ever being this nervous about a weekend alone with a man before, there’s just something about him. I just get so crazy, I go nuts and forget all the important things that I SHOULD be remembering!"
"Well, I’ve been wanting to see where you work all the time, so I figured this was a good way to get a hold of you and cornering you. If I can’t do it at work, then I figure I’ve lost you completely. This place is great. You have an amazing view of the Bay, god, you SUCK!"
"Well, not right now, but probably sometime this weekend I will…"
"I don’t even want to know, we’ll just leave it at that," she said, her face scrunched in distaste.
"You have no room to talk Missy, I’ve been walking down the hallway, INNOCENTLY, and as I’ve gone by someone’s room, I’ve had the pleasure of hearing ‘suck it baby’ coming from a certain male we live with and you sleep with!"
"No comment."
"That’s what I thought. Now, do you just want to run across the street to that Red Lobster and grab some lunch and we’ll talk while we’re there? I’ll be leaving right after work for Orlando, so that’s probably our best bet for a good talk…"
"Sounds good to me."
We headed across the street to Red Lobster, got seated, got alcohol and ordered our food.
"So what exactly is this about? I know I’ve owed you Howie stories for some time now, but I wouldn’t think that was such a pressing issue with you. Considering you have your own to keep you occupied…"
" I’m pregnant."
I spat my drink back out of my mouth, wiped my mouth before proceeding to gape at her.
"You’re WHAT?"
"Pregnant, please don’t waste the ‘you’re so stupid’ speech on me, I’ve already heard it from myself a lot lately. I just don’t know what to do…"
"You aren’t contemplating THAT, are you? ‘Cause if you are, I’m going to come over there and smack the shit out of you right here my dear…"
"NO! I would never think of doing something like that to my baby; I just don’t know how to tell Nick or what to do. It’s not like I’ve been in this situation before."
"Geez, girl, you’ve gotten yourself a doozy here! You haven’t told Nick yet? What exactly are you waiting on?"
"I guess the perfect timing?"
"There is no such thing, I’m sorry to say. You’re just going to have to buck-up and tell him. He needs to know, and you need to know how he’s going to handle it. Whether he’s going to be a man or be a little boy about it. You deserve to know that much so that you can be prepared for anything. No matter what, you’ve always got me. I’ll help you in whatever you need. If you need a coach, I’ll root you on. If you need a baby sitter, heaven forbid, you can call Aunt Jana for diaper duty. You’ll always have me in your corner…"
I watched as her eyes filled with tears, and I quickly got up and scooted in next to her to give her a hug.
"You need to do it this weekend. I’ll be gone; you two can have a nice romantic weekend without Jana interrupting. If you need me for anything, do not hesitate to call me. Even if I’m in the throes of passion with Howie, you’re more important. Just call, no matter what."
"All right, I’ll tell him this weekend. And I’ll take up on that offer if I need too. I know how you want your privacy with Howie and how you’ve been waiting for this weekend. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine."
"I guess we better head out of here. I’ve only got about three hours and twenty-two minutes left before I leave to see Howie and I have a lot of stuff to do today. I’ll walk you to your car, and I’ll talk to you sometime this weekend. Don’t forget…"
"I know I know. I promise I’ll call. Let’s go…"
We walked out of the restaurant and I went to her car with her. I watched as she pulled away, barely missing sideswiping a bus as she pulled into traffic. Shaking my head, I went back into the building and up to my office for my afternoon filled with paperwork.
~~~~
Packing up some papers for next week, I shoved them into my briefcase. I grabbed my keys and cell phone and locked the door behind me as I made my way to the elevator.
Pressing star seven on my cell phone, I quickly called Howie to let him know that I was on my way.
"Hello?"
"Hey there…"
"I was hoping you’d call soon. I’m getting antsy to see you tonight. I can’t wait to show you the condo, I think you’re really going to like it."
"I can’t wait to get there with you. I’ve been doing a countdown all day long, even at lunch with Chelle. Speaking of that, we are going to soon have a crisis on our hands. Just a bit of a warning to be braced for it. You’ll know soon enough though. Anyway, I’m in the garage and heading out now. I’ll be getting there probably in about an hour and a half, depending on the traffic. I’ll see you soon…"
"Just be careful, I want you all in one piece. I’ll be waiting for you…"
"Bye Howie."
"Bye Babygirl."
I pushed "end" on the phone, click the seat belt into its place and pulled out of the garage. As I blasted myself out with George Strait on my drive, the trip was over with a lot faster than I had anticipated. Pulling into the parking garage of Howie’s office building, I swung my car into a parking place and looked around for his car. Spotting the Stealth, I grabbed my bags and headed over to it. Hearing heavy footsteps behind me, I turned quickly to see Nelson striding up to get my bags and open the trunk.
"Thanks Nelson. I was wondering how I was going to get my bags in there. Where’s Howie?"
"He’s upstairs ma’am. He said to let you know that he’ll be down in just a minute. He was signing a few photos for a charity this weekend and he wanted to make sure he got that done before he left so that they can be auctioned off. Other than that, all he can talk about is this weekend coming up. I’ll be coming along, just for security purposes while you two are out to dinner and such, other than that I’ll be at home. My little girl is looking forward to going miniature golfing with me, I’ve been talking about it for so long."
"You are too sweet Nelson. It’s no wonder you and Howie work so well together; you two are exactly alike. Only you’re a lot bigger and meaner looking than he could ever be, but you have the same heart I think."
"I try ma’am. We have a lot of respect for each other, and I think we are much closer now than we thought we would ever be at the beginning of our relationship. I’m just lucky to have this job fall into my lap when it did. I can’t really think of anything else I’d rather be doing."
I heard quick, quiet footfalls echo through the garage and knew that Howie was approaching. I smiled sweetly at Nelson, and giggled as I was picked up and swung around in Howie’s arms. As I was set on the ground, he spun me around fast and planted a sloppy kiss on my lips. His arms tightened around me and we stared into each other’s eyes. I smiled at him, hugged him to me and then let him go.
"Are you ready to hit the road?"
"I am, Nelson was just putting my stuff into your trunk. He informs me that he will be accompanying us to the condo. You can never be too careful, even at the condo. Are we leaving now?"
"Sure are, Nelson is going to follow behind us in his truck, because he can’t fit into the back seat of this car. Let’s hit the road."
We piled into the cars and headed east on the 528 and were there in a little over an hour. We drove around the town a bit and finally made it to his building. Backing up to the beach, he was on the twelfth floor overlooking a calm ocean. I walked throughout the condo, taking in the beautiful design put into his masterpiece. I opened the doors to the large patio, and breathed in the ocean breeze. It was so peaceful here, up high away from everyone else, and I felt his arms go around me and his chin rest on my shoulder.
"Beautiful isn’t it?"
"It’s breathtaking."
"Just like someone else I know," he said, placing a kiss on my exposed neck, making me shiver.
"Come inside, I want to give you a little tour."
Following behind him, he took my hand and we walked through every room.
"This is the guest bedroom. Usually one of the guys crashes in here if they don’t want to drive back that night. Nicky’s been known to not want to go home, so it’s almost become a unofficial home away from home for him. It has a bathroom adjacent to it, fully loaded."
We walked through a hallway covered with all of his awards and memorabilia from his life towards another bedroom.
"This is Johnny’s room. I made him clean since we were having a guest this weekend. He grumbled, of course, but I think he saw my way finally. He has a bathroom, too, in his room."
We walked into the living room, equipped with plush couches and chairs. The fireplace was clear and if you looked through, you could see through into the master bedroom. We went into the kitchen, looked at all the wine and alcoholic beverages he offered along with tons of food everywhere. He showed me where everything was and told me that everything was mine for the taking if I wanted it.
We made our way through another hallway towards a poolroom with a large aquarium and pool table. The sound system was playing a smooth jazz song down low throughout the room and into the master bedroom.
Walking into the room made my eyes widen. I took in the king-sized bed with the white coverlet dominating the room, the small private balcony with chairs for two and a small table, and immediately fell in love. Not realizing what else was waiting for me, I followed Howie to another doorway in the bedroom, leading into the master bath.
I gasped as I saw what had to come straight out of my fantasy. A large, all-white tub, big enough for two people comfortably, a large mirror reflecting the entire room and the vanity on the other side of the room. Not to mention the large walk-in shower located in the corner for a bit of privacy.
"I take it that you like the bathroom?"
"Like is not a strong enough word for what I feel for this bathroom. It’s like it’s straight out of my fantasy. It’s perfect; you should probably get me out of here quickly. I can’t be held responsible to what I do if you let me stay in here…"
He walked around me, slid his arms around my waist, and leaned in close. Lightly tracing his tongue up and down my neck, he whispered, "Maybe I wanna see what you’re going to do if I leave you in here with me. I wanna see you get crazy…"
"Oh god, Howie, you have no idea what you are doing to me. But we just got here…"
Nipping at my earlobe, he stared into my eyes reflecting in the mirror back at him. We watched together as his hand slipped from my elbow up my biceps and across my collarbone. His hand dipped lower and it palmed my breast, eliciting a hiss from my lips. His fingers nimbly pinched at my extended nipples through the fabric of my business suit. Slowly, his hand moved downwards and plucked the buttons through their holes to open the jacket and expose my silk camisole underneath. His head followed his hand, and his warm mouth enveloped my sensitive nipple. My head fell backwards as a whimper made its way out of my mouth. My hand fisted in his hair and I drug his mouth back to mine.
"You’re very good at that, Mr. Dorough. Care to show me more?"
Leaning down, gathered me behind my knees and picked me up to carry me into the bedroom. Softly laying me on the coverlet, he quickly shed his shirt and shoes. Climbing into the raised bed, he stretched out beside me and placed a chaste kiss on my lips. Lacing his fingers with mine, he brought the back of my hand to his lips and stared into my eyes.
"You’re sure about this?"
"Positive. You’re sure too?"
"We’ve discussed how we both felt about moving to this level in our relationship. I think it’s time that we go there. I’m not going to say this just because I want to get you naked. But I have to tell you the truth. These past months have been perfect. Even the arguments and tears, nothing could have been more right for us. We’re stronger than ever, and I think we’re finally ready for this step. Neither of us is taking this lightly, because it means so much to us. I’m in love with you, and I know finally, that I’ve found the perfect woman that I’ve been waiting for all my life. I can finally tell everyone that I’ve met the woman of my dreams…"
"Oh Howie, I knew the night that I met you that you were the one for me. No one has ever connected with me like that before, and I knew you were something so special.
Everything about you is all that I could have hoped for, right down to the wink. I’ve been waiting what seems like forever to be here with you now. I’ve dreamed about it, and I never thought it would be this close to my dreams as it is. I can finally tell everyone that I’ve met the man of my dreams, too…"
I watched as his eyes seemed to darken and his mouth swoop over mine to kiss me senseless. All thoughts left my brain, and all I could feel was his body pressed to mine and his kiss.
"Make love with me tonight…"
"Yes." That one single word seemed to turn the night on, and his hands continued their earlier exploration of my body. His fingertips caressed, kissed and massaged my entire being into submission. I closed my eyes and relaxed my muscles underneath him, letting him have free reign over all of me. His hands circled around me, and brought me forward to allow him to slip the jacket from my shoulders and down my arms. I heard a small thump on the floor next to the bed where the jacket had been thrown and felt his hands return to push the silk camisole up my torso. I raised my hands over my head to aid him in ridding me of it, and I felt it whisper its way down my back to lay underneath me as he lay me back down on the bed.
"You are so beautiful…"
A small grin formed on my lips, soon to be replaced by a gasp as his mouth took a nipple in his mouth. His tongue laved it, bit it, and brought it to attention with his ministrations. His free hand massaged the other mass, kneading it softly within his palm, bringing a groan from deep within me.
"You like that Babygirl?"
A hiss from me was his answer as his fabric-covered thigh moved up and down on the inside of my thigh. The friction caused from his slacks and my hosiery created warmth against my already fevered skin. My lower body moved against his, and I pressed closer to his pelvis, hinting at what I really wanted.
Taking the hint, his hands began to move lower, caressing my abdomen. Through my barely open eyelids, I watched his fascination with the tightening of my muscles in my stomach as his hand played across my skin. A sexy smirk came out as he caught me watching him, and his eyebrows wagged at me.
"Turn over baby, I need to get you out of this skirt."
I complied with his request, and his hands deftly unhooked the button from its eyelet and unzipped me. His hand reached around underneath me to lift me slightly and remove the skirt.
As it landed on the floor by the matching jacket, his hands moved down my thighs again to remove the short black slip I had on underneath it. A groan came from his mouth as he took in my thigh-high black hosiery, black thong panty and matching garter belt. He turned me back over to lie on my back and sat on his haunches as he took in my body in black. His fingers traced over the garters holding up my hosiery, and he unclipped them quickly. Moving around to sit down closer to my feet, he lifted my right leg first and rolled the hose down my leg. Following with the left leg next, he repeated the process and threw the hose off the side of the bed. Reaching up to the belt, I lifted myself slightly and he turned it so the clasp was where he could undo it. Throwing that off the side of the bed also, he looked at me only in my black thong and closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He lay on his side, stretching his body out next to mine, and rested his head on my stomach.
My hand ran through his silky hair as his fingers played around the edges of my panties; giggling each time I shivered from being tickled. I whimpered, as his fingers would dip under the fabric to rub over my skin, drawing goosebumps from all over my body.
"Quit teasing me Howie…please…"
His head raised from my stomach and he scooted up to be sitting by my head.
"I’m sorry Babygirl. Your body is just so beautiful; I can’t help but touch. I want you so badly right now…"
"It looks like you’re overdressed. I think I know how to take care of that though…"
Quickly, I sat up and ran my hand from his collarbone down his chest, over his abdomen to rest at his waistline. My hands met at his zipper, and I drew it down. My fingers unbuttoned the slacks and I pushed at him to stand at the side of the bed. I shoved at the material down his thighs until they fell to the floor and then pushed his boxer shorts down to meet them at the ground. He stepped out of them and then stood on one foot to take off his black socks. Completely naked, he crawled back on the bed to lay with me, and I drew my panties off too drop them on the floor by his clothing. Taking his hand, I guided it to my center, letting him know exactly what I wanted.
He took over and moved down to lie in between my legs as I reclined back on the bed again. His fingers sent a jolt through me as they explored and were inserted into me. As he worked them in and out of me, my head thrashed around on the pillow and I begged him to continue. My body shook as ripples of pleasure took over and I whispered his name over and over as he brought me to my first climax of the night. As my body relaxed, his mouth replaced his fingers and his tongue darted in and out of my pussy, circling my clit and tasting my love for him. My hands clenched the coverlet in them as another climax quickly approached, and as he bit gently on my clit, I lost it. I screamed his name as tears rolled down my face, dripping off my face into my hair. I breathed heavily as I tried to regain my senses, and I felt him crawl up to lay beside me and take me in his arms.
"That was the most exquisite thing I’ve ever witnessed in my life. You screaming my name as I brought you to climax with my mouth. God, I love you…"
I snuggled into his warmth, the beads of sweat on my body cooling me rapidly and making me cold, and dozed for a few minutes. His hands soothed my sensitive body and helped me regain normal breathing. As I awoke a few minutes later, I could feel his hardness pressed against my leg. Gently, I pried myself out of his embrace and moved down towards his cock. Taking his balls in my hand, I rolled them in my hands as my tongue ran up and down his shaft. A groan escaped his mouth, and I sucked the head of his cock into my mouth. His lower body shifted uncomfortably, and I bobbed my head up and down on him as I massaged his balls. Feeling them tighten in my hand, I moved lower and pressed my tongue directly underneath, flicking lightly. His hiss of approval echoed through the room and I felt his release coming. I moved back up to suck on his shaft, and his release flooded my mouth. Moving away, I worked my hand up and down to complete the task and watched his body tense and his mouth form my name as he yelled. I scooted off the side of the bed to head into the bathroom to grab him a towel and went back to bed. Gently I cleansed the cum from his lower abdomen and cock, and lightly brushed some of the sweat from his body. Throwing the towel to the floor, I mounted his body and lay on top of him.
His chest was still rapidly moving up and down as I ground my pussy onto his cock as I nipped at his chin. He flipped us over so that he was on top, and rubbed himself into my body as we stared into each other’s eyes.
"Is this what you want? You want me to love you with my cock now?"
I whimpered, begging him with my eyes to do just that. He joined one pair of hands on the side of my head, and used his free hand to guide himself into me. My mouth fell open with only heavy breathing coming from it as he began to thrust inside me. He then joined our other hands together as he pounded into my body, going faster and harder each time. I raised my knees and he drove deeper into me with each thrust, groaning my name as sweat beaded on our skin.
Savagely, he drove into me as we climbed to our release, our bodies slapping together each time he pushed inwards. When I screamed his name, my walls clenched around him and brought him to his climax. He quickly pulled out and used his hand to discharge his cum on my abdomen and my pussy. Spent, he slumped forward to rest his head on my breasts while we worked to calm our beating hearts. We cradled each other; our bodies stuck to each other by the sweat created from our love. Slowly Howie pulled himself off of me and rolled to my side and delicately kissed me and smoothed damp hair away from my forehead.
"That was amazing; it’s never been like that for me. Only you…"
Tiredly, I smiled at him and leaned in to kiss him back, "It’s never been like that for me either. I think the world moved or something. God, you know how to get to me…"
"I love you," he whispered, smiling cautiously at me.
"You said that earlier, and I was going to say it back, but you wore me out! But I think I sufficiently said something back with my mouth… I love you so much Howie…"
"What are we going to do about this?"
"Do it over and over again all weekend? At least that’s what I’m hoping for…" I said, grinning at him as he playfully tugged a strand of my hair.
"I was already planning on that, but I was thinking more long term. You know, after this weekend is over with; and I’m dreaming about you while you’re off in meetings and I’m in the studio and everywhere else."
"I don’t know yet Howie, I guess we’ll cross that bridge when it comes closer. Right now, I just want to lay here with you, looking out the window, staring at the ocean, while you hold me. I’m not letting you out of my arms this weekend at all…"
"Sounds good to me, but I’m thinking that I need a nice shower. Care to join me?"
As he shot out of bed, running naked to the bathroom, I was right on his heels. Together, we fell against the wall of the shower, locked in each other’s arms, our lips already meshed together as Howie fooled with the dial for the water temperature.
~~~~
We were true to our word and didn’t let each other out of our arms the entire weekend. We walked on the beach, hand in hand, towards a picnic dinner that Howie had planned. We went shopping in some of the small boutiques and then went to a nice dinner at a famous shrimp diner. Each night, we would fall into bed with each other, loving one another with every part of our bodies, making sure that nothing was neglected. By the time Sunday rolled around, I was dreading going back to real life. It had been a complete fantasy.
Packing my bag slowly, trying to savor the last few minutes we had alone together, I looked around to take in the beauty of his condo. I still couldn’t believe how close to what I’d always wanted it was, how absolutely perfect for us it was, and I shook my head at the thought.
Howie hadn’t brought up our impending future since Friday night, but I had a feeling that the drive back to Orlando was going to be the time for the discussion. I didn’t know what I wanted, all I knew was that I didn’t want to lose what we had, the strong connection between the two of us that was completely foreign to me. I wasn’t used to having someone be able to finish my sentences for me or read my mind and know what I was thinking. I liked it, but I didn’t know how much he wanted to change things. My career dominated a lot of my time, and I love what I do. I knew that he knew that, but I didn’t know if he was putting consideration to that factor too.
"Ready to hit the road?"
"I don’t want to go, but I guess we have too…"
He wrapped his arms around me, kissed me on my temple and whispered, "You can stay here whenever you want too. This place is yours also now…"
I drew back, an incredulous look on my face, and stared at him. "What do you mean, this place is mine also?"
"I mean, whenever you want to come here, you just drive out. The manager of the building knows who you are, and he has instructions to let you in whenever you come. If you want to call before you come, he’ll be more ready for you, but it’s up to you. I just wanted you to have this if you needed it sometime while I was on tour or just out of town. Johnny might be here, but you can always kick him out," he said, chuckling at his own joke.
"I don’t think that’ll work, since he’s been in here a lot longer than I’ve been. But that’s really sweet of you, I can’t believe you’re just doing this. I think we have a few things to discuss, since we started too on Friday, and then got sidetracked quickly. Are we ready to go now?"
"I’m ready if you’re ready. We have a little over an hour to discuss us, I think that’s a good start. If you want to head down to the car, I’ll lock up here. Nelson will be down there too, so he’ll load the car and we’ll be on our way."
I went out to the elevator and watched Howie lock the door as the elevator doors slid shut. Walking out to the car, Nelson took my bags and I got into the passenger seat to wait for Howie.
He was only a few minutes behind me, and soon we were on the road back to Orlando. His right hand settled over my left hand in between us and his thumb continuously traced over my skin.
"Our future."
"Yup, what are we going to do about it? Are we now moving in together or something? I just get the feeling that you’re really wanting to do something drastic here, but I don’t know if I’m ready for that yet Howie," I said, turning in my seat to look at him.
"I only want what we both want together. If you don’t want to move in with me or something, then we don’t have to do that now. I was just wondering if we move somewhere in the relationship, now that we’ve said ‘I love you.’ Some people think that once they say it, the whole relationship changes and they have to start doing everything together, all the time. I didn’t know if you felt that way, since we’ve never really discussed that part. All I know is that we love each other, and we’re happy where we are right now. I was thinking that maybe we could get used to this new ‘love’ thing, and then move forward when we both are ready. I know you probably think that this whole condo thing is too soon for us, but I just wanted to do something so that you would have an idea just how deep my feelings for you are. I’m not requiring any reciprocation, but I just wanted you to know…"
"Baby, I know how much you love me. I see it in your eyes when you look at me, and that’s all I need. Sure, it’s nice to hear every once and awhile, but I don’t require anything from you. Just that you are yourself around me. I’m in love with Howard, Howie and Howie D. I’ll take you whatever way I can get you! The condo, wow, that is amazing that you want to share that with me. You don’t have to worry about me being there without you though; it just won’t be the same. I’ll just be happy to wait until you can go with me, and we can enjoy it together. I love you Howie; nothing is going to change that. Even if you didn’t have a condo that I was in love with, and I thought it was the ugliest thing in the world, I’d still be in love with you."
I leaned over and gently kissed his cheek and then settled back into my seat for the remainder of the trip. Knowing how much we loved each other hung in the air, and it was almost refreshing to know that we felt the same about each other.
As we pulled into the parking garage, my hand tightened on his because I didn’t want to lose the magic of the weekend. Nothing could have been more perfect.
~~~~~
As I pulled into the drive of the house, I saw Chelle walking by herself in the backyard with two of the pugs fighting for attention. Knowing it must not have gone well, I grabbed my bags and headed inside. As I walked down the hallway, I noticed Nick’s door was closed tightly and I shook my head. That was one uncommon thing in our house; closed doors. Only when they were having sex was the door shut, and his has always been open for the pugs to go in and out.
Setting my briefcase down on the floor and my bag on the bed, I walked downstairs to the kitchen. Looking out the glass, I spotted her sitting on a rock, her arms clasped around her for the warmth she craved. He needed a swift kick in the ass, but right now was not the time to administer it. Instead, I walked outside to where she sat, and sat down next to her. Hooking my arm around her shoulder, I pulled her close to me and let her cry. We stared out into the ocean, not speaking a word, but understanding so much more than words could have ever said.
I could feel eyes watching us from an upstairs window also.