<div class="floatleft"><div align="center">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cdc1/04s7432n614occi4g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Chloe Dawson<br/>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</span></span></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… her light kiss is so very nice ... just the right touch ... where did she learn this? ... a lovely thought as I fade to sleep …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… my chronostat wakes me slowly ahead of the alarm I continue to set on my phone ... hear that in the other room instead of bedside ... and remember where I am ... it mutes of its own because that's what I set it to do ... another in 15 minutes ... sometimes enough to finish a conversation when I fly ... today though, different!…</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… open my eyes enough to see where she is and lide gently across the bed to put one hand on her shoulder ... kiss her forehead ... whisper …</em></span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Good morning Kimmie! I'm getting up. Um, want to come with me for the morning? Vending machine food in the Lab, stinky animals. Best offer I've got! I'm headed for the shower.”</span></span><br/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><em>… kiss her again lightly ... then roll out of bed and pull the sheet back up ... turn off my phone and dig a hair clip out of my purse ... clip my hair up and head for the shower ... decide the one towel will have to do and she can fetch another for her ... step into the shower and pull the plastic curtain ... wonder whether this will end up like the Bates Motel ... rinse off quickly since I don't have my products ... washcloth on my face ... won't go with makeup this morning …</em></span></span><br/>