Pam nodded and replied, "Yes -- my heart just aches when I think what they had to do. Run away from their family, journey to a new and strange world, all alone, just each other." She snuggled up against me more, her heavy breast pressing against me.

"I just keep seeing them, all alone in the hold of that steamship, no one to turn to except each other -- cold and scared and sick holding on tight to each other -- their love the only thing keeping them together." Pam's hand moved and came to settle on my stomach. Suddenly it felt warmer in the room, the heat source radiating...