James Three months later…. Charlotte sits beside me on warm grass under warmer sunshine. Even though it is Spring, I find I still need extra protection for my damaged leg, so I sit on a blanket. It’s a beautiful day, the green of grass and leaves is that bright green you don’t see later in the year. Clouds scud across an azure sky and way below, the sun plays over the lake in a symphony of light and shade. She’s here beside me, gazing down the sheep-clipped meadow to the waters. Surreptitiously, I watch her…. My sub, my lover, my wife in every way that means anything at all, and the Love of my Life. And she’s here, with me…. …. and apparently happy. In the background is the clatter and chaos of the last of the work on the hotel and the on-going labours on the house that is to be ou

