[Rock]
I knew Carmen had a run-in with her b***h cousin. I saw them, but I let her take care of it. Carmen was as capable as anyone else and as time went on, I was able to reign in my more protective urges that told me to do things for her instead of letting her do them. She seemed to like that I was backing off.
Not that I didn’t still look for things I could do for her and try to make myself useful to her. And it didn’t stop me from picking her up whenever I could. I liked how she felt in my arms and that wouldn’t change just because we had been together for a while. We still had one hundred years to look forward to and I would still be picking up my sweet mate whenever I could.
When Carmen came over to me and cuddled me, I knew she was upset. There were too many people, so I could
