It's a new beginning for Sean and Marita. After Sean walked Marita home last night, he remembered what his mother told him about GOD being for you.
"If GOD be for you, who can be against you."

Sean believes in GOD but he never really had a serious relationship with the LORD Jesus. When he was a child, his mother had taught him about Jesus - that he was the Son of GOD, he died for the sins of the world and he was raised from the dead. When Sean made it to his room he pulled out the bible his mother had given him when he was young. He opened the inside cover and saw his mother's handwriting.

Romans 10:9-13
Begin at the beginning, son.
Love
Your Mother.

Sean went to bed thinking about the verses his mother had written. He'd ask Marita about them tomorrow about it.

As Marita got into bed, she remembered what Libby always told her. "If GOD be for you, who can be against you." Marita wondered if Libby knew all along that she and Sean would be together. Marita knew that Sean hadn't accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior but she knew he would. She just prayed that it would be soon.
"Dear Heavenly Father, I do thank you for your promises. That they are always YES in Christ. LORD, draw Sean to you. I know he can't, we can't make this journey without you. I pray Father, that he comes to know you as LORD and SAVIOR. In JESUS CHRIST name I pray. AMEN". Marita when to sleep with the assurance that the LORD had already saved Sean.

Marita opens her eyes to a morning of new mercies. "Good morning, LORD" she says as she gets up to pray. After spending time in prayer, Marita opens her bible to Romans 10.

"I wonder why I was lead to read this passage this morning" MM

After Marita finished her reading, she got ready for the day. She went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for Isaac and herself. Isaac had left her a note saying he and Ned had to get an early start this morning, so he wouldn't be joining her for breakfast. Just then there was a knock at the door.

"I wonder who that is this early" MM
"It's Sean" MH

Marita opens the door to the love of her life standing there with a smile on his face and a bible in his hand.

"Hey" Sean says.

"Hey" Marita says as she moves out of his way as he entered the house.

"Breakfast smells good" Sean says.

"Have you eaten?" Marita laughs. She knew that was his way of trying to get himself invited to breakfast.

"Well, no. Have pity on a starving man" Sean held out his arms to her.

Marita gladly enters them and gives him a hug. "Alright, since you look SO pitiful!".

"Do you need any help?" Seas asks.

"You can set the table" Marita answers.

"OK" he says.

Sean follows Marita into the kitchen and she hands him the dishes. He went to set the table as Marita finished cooking the ham and took the biscuits out of the stove. Marita had prepared scrambled eggs, grits, ham, biscuits and freshly squeezed orange juice.

Marita said grace and they began to eat. "I need to talk to you about something" Sean says as they ate.

"OK" Marita says.

"I know this isn't going to be easy for us, but last night when I was walking home, I remembered what Ma would always tell me. She said 'If GOD be for you, who could be against you'. I know she was talking about us, Marita" he says.

"She would tell me the same thing" Marita says. She was amazed that Libby seemed to know what they would need for this time in their lives together - encouragement to know that no one could be against them when GOD was for them.

"Thank you LORD for Libby" MM

"I got out the bible she gave me and this is what she wrote" Sean said as he opened the bible and showed her the note.

"So, that's why YOU lead me to Romans 10" MM

"Can you help me to be sure I understand this?" Sean asks.

"Sure" Marita said excitingly.

They turned to Romans 10 and started at verse 9. At the breakfast table that morning, Sean received the LORD JESUS as his personal savior.

Over the next months, Sean began learning more about GOD and his promises. He even attended church with Marita. He got strange looks from the congregation, but he was determined to attend worship with Marita. Nothing was said to them directly but they knew people were talking about them. However, they always remembered what Libby said, "If GOD be for you, who can be against you."

The minister, who was truly a man of GOD, watched Sean for months and saw his faithfulness. He was the first to extend a hand to him. "I want to welcome you". Many members followed the lead of their pastor and slowly accepted Sean into the fold.

Sean and Marita grew closer to the LORD and to one another. They spend time together studying the bible, praying, talking.

Sean and Marita were close, but during these past months they became even closer. It was the simple things that knitted their souls together. They were able to spend time together working because Sean had asked Marita to help him with projects he had as Deputy Director. Marita also helped Sean with his tobacco books and with his crop. Sean would sit with Marita in the garden while she pruned or planted her flowers.

Now when Sean said, "Wanna go for a ride", Marita always said YES. They would ride out to the P-E-R-F-E-C-T spot and just sit and imagine their life together. Sometimes they would talk for hours and sometimes they didn't have to say a word.

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Sean had Cook prepare a picnic basket because he wanted to surprise Marita.

"Hey" Sean says as he enters the study.

"Hey" Marita smiles as she closes the ledger.

"You think you have some time for me?" Sean asks with a smile.

"Maybe" Marita teases.

"I have a surprise for you" Sean said.

"What?" Marita said excitingly.

"If you don't have time....." Sean says as he throws up his hands.

"Sean" Marita laughs.

"Meet me at the SPOT in 30 minutes" Sean said and he left the study.

"What is he up to?" MM

Thirty minutes later Marita pulled up in her carriage. Sean was there waiting for her. He had a big quilt laid on the ground under a tree. Along the boarder of the blanket, Sean had placed all of Marita's favorite flowers so that they were in a circle of flowers.

"Sean" Marita smiles. "It beautiful". Sean smiled. She stepped into the circle of flowers and sat against the tree. Sean sat next to her and opened the picnic basket. They had fried chicken, potato salad, lemonade and apple pie.

"Clancy wants me to attend a farmers meeting in Philadelphia. Assemblymen across the country are gathering to find ways to help farmers who have fallen on hard times" Sean said as they ate.

"That sounds good. Do you want to go?" Marita asks.

"Yeah, I think it will be a good meeting. Not everyone is as fortunate as we are when things get tough. Not that I would want Pa to bail me out again, but horse breeding has always been a good business for us" Sean said.

"When do you have to leave?" Marita said.

"Well, that's the other thing" Sean said. "I'm hoping it wouldn't be just me".

"What do you mean, who'd be going with you?" Marita asks.

"You" he said.

"Me?" she said.

"Yeah. I found an article today that talked about Pennsylvania being a state where interracial marriages were legal" Sean looked at Marita. "Will you elope with me Marita?" he asked.

Marita couldn't deny this perfect opportunity for them to get married. "YES" she said happily.

Sean moved close to her and kissed her tenderly. "I love you" he said. This was the first time Sean said the words 'I love you' and it brought tears to Marita's eyes.

"I love you too" she whispered and touched his cheek.

They finished their picnic and enjoyed the afternoon together. They would leave for Philadelphia in two weeks. In less than three weeks, they would be Mr. and Mrs. Sean Logan.

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Sean was glad that Marita had started working with him on his projects. When they told Ned that Marita needed to go with Sean to Philadelphia, he readily agreed. When they arrived in Philadelphia, Sean and Marita went to the courthouse and obtained a marriage license. A justice of the peace was not available because it was late in the afternoon, so they had to wait until the following morning.

Sean checked them into the hotel and followed Marita to their rooms. They both hated the fact that they had to wait until morning to be married. Sean especially hated it because he had been looking forward to spending this night with Marita. They kissed goodnight at her door.

"I'll see you in the morning" Sean smiles.

"Alright. Eight o'clock sharp" Marita says.

"Eight o'clock sharp" he said.

They both got into bed dreaming about tomorrow night.

At eight o'clock sharp, Sean knocked on Marita's door. They headed out of the hotel straight to the courthouse. They had to wait a half-hour but before 9:00 am, they were Mr. & Mrs. Sean Logan. The farmers meeting didn't start until 10:00, so they went back to the hotel and had breakfast.

"I'm not sure how long the meeting will last" Sean says.

"Alright. I'll probably do some shopping and visit the library" Marita says.

"I'll be back as soon as I can" Sean promises with a gleam in his eyes.

"I'll be here" Marita smiles.

They kiss goodbye and go their separate ways.

Because there were so many good ideas presented at the meeting, it lasted until 7:00 that evening. Much was accomplished and the assemblymen were very satisfied with meeting.

Sean had a note waiting for him when he returned to the hotel.

Mr Logan
I can hardly wait to see you. I'm in room 222.
Mrs. Logan

Marita had checked out of her room and moved her things into Sean's room. Sean smiled as he practically ran up the stairs.

When Marita heard the key in the door, butterflies began to run wild in her stomach.

"Hey" Sean said with a BIG smile on his face.

"Hey" Marita said with BIG butterflies in her stomach.

"Are you hungry?" Sean asked.

"I'm too nervous to eat" MM
"No, not really. If you want to get something, go ahead" Marita said a little nervously.

"She's nervous. Maybe if I give her some time alone, she'll calm down" SM
"Alright. I'll go get something. I'll be back in few minutes" Sean smiled reassuringly at her.

After Sean left the room, Marita decided to wash up and put on her nightgown.
"Calm down. I love him and I have been waiting for this night forever. I know he's going to be gentle and understanding. I'm still NERVOUS! OK. OK. Just calm down." MM

Marita had finished washing and had just put on her nightgown and robe on when Sean came back. Sean smiled to himself as he noticed that Marita had dimmed all of the lamps.

"Where's your food?" Marita asked trying to talk about ANY except what was about to happen between them.

"I ate down stairs" Sean said as he noticed Marita tightening her robe belt.
"That's about to come off, sweetheart" SM

"Marita" Sean said lovingly. "I want you to be comfortable" he said as he slowly took step toward her.

"I.... I am" she said as she retreated for each step he took.

Sean stopped and smiled at her. "Marita" he said with love in his eyes. "Come here." He held out his arms to her.

Marita hesitated for one second then ran into his arms. "I'm nervous" she said.

"It's OK" Sean squeezed her tight. Sean caressed her back as he tried to help her relax. "We can go as slow as you want". Marita nodded her head in response. After a few minutes, Sean kissed her on the cheek and moved to her lips. While he held her lips in a sweet kiss, Sean began to untie Marita's robe. He encircled her waist beneath the robe and drew her closer. The kiss lasted for what seemed like an eternity. When it finally ended, Sean gave Marita a sweet, sexy smile. He took her left hand and lifted it to his lips. He kissed the tip of each of her fingers and placed a soft kiss in the palm of her hand. He did this while he held her eyes captivated. After he loved the one hand, he turned to the other and gave it the same tender treatment. He pulled Marita close again and pushed the robe off her shoulders. He kissed her neck as he ran his hands from her shoulders down her arms. He trailed kisses from one shoulder, across her collarbone, to her throat, across the other collarbone, to the other shoulder. He moved his lips to the side of her neck as his hands moved to her shoulders. He slowly pushed her straps off her shoulders and down her arms. His lips went down her breastbone and sought her soft mound as her nightgown hit the floor. He turned his attention to her left breast. He took her nipple into his mouth and used his tongue to caress her. Marita was shocked at the feeling but enjoyed it immensely. A soft sigh escaped her lips. After tenderly loving her left breast, Sean moved to the right breast. He couldn't seem to get his fill of her.

"She is DELICIOUS!" SM

Marita moved her hands to his curls and drew him even closer. "Sean" she breathed, as she enjoyed what his mouth was doing to her.

Without removing his mouth from her breast, Sean picked Marita up and carried her over to the bed. Sean lifted his head from her breast and looked into her eyes.

"Undress me" he said.

Marita's hands shook as she unbuttoned his vest. She put her hands on his strong chest and slid the vest off his shoulders. She undid his tie and began to unbutton his shirt. She pulled his shirt out of his pants and finished unbuttoning the shirt. Marita put her hands on his stomach and moved them up over his chest. She couldn't believe the pleasure she got from the feel of his torso beneath her fingers. She moved her hands to his shoulders as she pushed the shirt off him. Her hands moved down his strong arms and she took his hands into hers. She lifted his left hand to her lips and kissed each fingertip. She placed a sweet kiss in the palm of his hand. She then ministered to his right hand. Marita's hands REALLY shook as she let go of his hands and put her hands on his waist. She unbuttoned the first button and her heart began to beat faster and her breathing became labored.

Sean loved watching her undress him. He loved her even more because he knew she was nervous but she wouldn't let that stop her from exploring his body.

When Marita finished unbuttoning his pants, she pushed them off his slim hips. Her heart was racing as she put her fingers inside his undergarments and slid them off his body. Marita could only stare at him.
"OH MY!!!" MM

She slowly lifted her eyes to his and he captured her lips. He opened her mouth with his. "I love you Marita" he said into her mouth then plunged his tongue into her sweetness. His eyes wanted to see her beauty so he ended the kiss.

His QUEEN was standing before him. Her KING was standing before her.

"You're beautiful" Sean said from his heart.

The love Marita heard in those words brought tears to her eyes. She was speechless.

Sean saw the tears trickle down her face and moved to kiss them away. Marita wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close. He bent her backwards as he pulled back the covers and eased Marita down on the bed. He eased himself on top of her and began kissing her. He moved to her neck and down her breastbone. Sean licked and suckled on one breast and then moved to the other. He slowly moved down her body. He ran kisses down her stomach to her navel.

"What is this man doing to me???!!!" MM
Marita ran her fingers through his hair as she held him close to her.

Sean used his hands to spread her legs. He slowly moved his hands up and down her inner thighs.

"S E A N" Marita moaned.

Sean kissed his way back up to her lips. As his tongue touched her tongue, his fingers touched her in her most private place.

"OH!" Marita breathed into his mouth. She was shocked at his touch. Sean began to move his fingers in a circular motion and the pleasure of his touch quickly overtook her shock. He trailed his tongue along her cheek and latched onto her earlobe.

"Does that feel good?" Sean whispered in her ear.

"Y E S" Marita was barely coherent.

Sean began to move his fingers faster as he watched Marita become uninhibited. She was beautiful. Her moans and groans were music to his ears.

"SEAN?" Marita dug her nails into his shoulders because she didn't know what was happening to her as Sean brought her to close to ecstasy.

"Just feel, baby" Sean breathed. Marita felt. Sean slowed down the movement of his fingers in order to prolong her pleasure.

"PLEASE, Sean!!" she moaned, not knowing what she was asking for.

Sean knew. He replaced his fingers with his manhood as he entered her slowly. "AAAHHH, Marita" he said through clenched teeth. "You..... feel.... SOOOOO GOOD".

"OH, I LOVE the way he feels inside me" MM

When he felt her barrier, Sean quickly broke through it, hoping he didn't cause her much pain. Marita's body stiffened. Sean held her face in his hands. "I'm sorry for hurting you" he said.

Marita opened her eyes. "It's OK" she whispered and smiled at him. Sean took her lips as he began to move slowly back and forth inside of her. With each stroke, their pleasure increased and Marita soon forgot about her initial pain. As Sean increased the rhythm of his strokes, Marita's body was becoming uncontrollable. It felt as if her very insides where trembling. She didn't understand what was happening to her.

"SEAN???!!!!!" she yelled as pleasure seemed to run through her entire body. When she though she could not stand the pleasure any longer, she began to feel as if she would explode!

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH SEAN!" she screamed as she dug her nails deeper into his shoulders. She EXPLODED!

Sean was soon to follow. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" he yelled as he reached his climax and collapsed on top of her. When he caught his breath, he rolled onto his back, bringing her with him to settle on top of him. She rested her head beneath his chin.

"So" Sean teased her "how'd you like it?"

"It was alright" Marita said nonchalantly.

"ALRIGHT!" Sean is offended. Her moans and groans said that it was more than just 'alright'.

Marita laughed at his tone. Sean smacked her on her behind. "Don't tease me like that. My ego can't that kind of abuse."

"It was wonderful" Marita said shyly. "I never dreamed it would feel so good".

Sean was glad he made her feel good.

"How was it for you?" Marita asked. She had guessed that Sean had been with other women and felt a little self-conscious.
"I hope it was OK for him" MM

"I wonder if she knows I've been with other women" SM
"Marita, nothing will ever compare to this. I mean, I have dreamed about having you, but I didn't realize that making love to you, hearing you call my name, touching you, being inside of you would be SO good" he said.

The cool air and his words gave Marita a chill, a pleasant chill. Sean reached for the covers and pulled them over their naked bodies. Friends, husband and wife, lovers held each other through the night.

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A knock at the door woke Marita with a start. "Wake up call!" the knocker said.

Sean was still dead to the world and Marita was glad. She could get up and wash and get dressed before he woke up. She still was a little shy about being naked in front of him. Last night she felt covered by the darkness, but in the morning light nothing would be hid from Sean's roving eyes.

"I'll be glad when I get over this shyness" MM

Marita eased out of Sean's arms then out of the bed. She quickly gathered her clothes and went to the wash room.

When Marita came out of the wash room, Sean was still asleep. He had rolled over onto his stomach and buried his face into the pillow. "Sean" she called as she walked over to the bed. "It's time to get up."

Sean turned his sleepy head to the sound of his wife. His wife. He liked the sound of that. Sean was one happy man this morning. Sean smiled at her as she approached him. "Come back to bed" he said as he turned over on his back.

"Sean, we've got to go. Our train leaves in an hour" she said.

"We don't have to take an hour" Sean said as he grabbed for her.

"Sean" Marita protested as he pulled her down on the bed and began kissing her neck.

"I promise we won't" he whispered as he stuck his tongue in her ear. Marita shivered and almost gave in.

"Sean, please" Marita pleaded. "We've really got to go".

Sean knew she was right. "Alright" he said and reluctantly let her go. He threw back the covers and jumped out of bed. He had no shame as he strutted to the wash room. Marita was embarrassed to look at him naked, but when his back was to her, she got an eye full. He had such a wide muscular back. Marita could see scratches on his shoulders and blushed as she remembered how they got there. Marita's eyes went down to his slim waist and remembered the rhythmic movement of those hips. Then her eyes went lower to his buttocks. She enjoyed the movement of his muscles as he took each step. Marita took a deep breath and started to call Sean back to bed.

After Sean washed up and dressed, they checked out of the hotel and had breakfast.

They were on their way back home. Back to Lexington. Back to the Logan farm. Back to their bench. Back to their P-E-R-F-E-C-T spot. Back to their tobacco business. Back to their family. A family who wasn't expecting the surprise they were bringing home.

To Be Continued..............................