JESSICA HAMMOND<br/><br/>It was still amazing, just how open the two were. I mean, Tabby was pretty open herself, but it seemed almost tame now. To watch Mai allow herself to be dominated, controlled, shown off to anyone and everyone willing to watch... I could almost imagine myself in her position, wondering how that must feel.<br/><br/>Tabby broke me out of my reverie with a squeeze around the waist. I quickly returned it, holding her tight. "Yes, we are lovers and we are here on holidays. We decided to come here to have some quality time away from pressures and to have our freedom away from our families that don't know about our relationship," she said. "Well, their social status and position would make it hard to have their girls involved in a love relationship, especially Hammond and Harvey's girl over here." She smiled at me.<br/><br/>"Yes, I think my family would have a fit, and that's putting it lightly," I elaborated, chuckling. "Things have been going well for us, though." I gave her a squeeze.<br/><br/>I listened, relaxing in the breeze as Tabby and Madeleine spoke with each other. My imagination was still running wild... I couldn't get the imagery out of my head. Mai finally spoke again... in Japanese, no less, which caught my attention. "A very nice language, Japanese, and you make it sound so pretty, Mai," I said. "I was interested in learning it myself, though in the end I chose to spend a year learning about five words of French instead. Je parle francais... mal?" I found myself laughing despite myself. Yes, definitely more relaxed now, I thought, as I leaned back a bit. "How did you two meet, if you don't mind me asking?"