‘Where did you get fire?’ asked Valo, trying to distract his mate from her sadness. ‘I borrowed an ember for the occasion,’ said Brevila. ‘D...n’t worry, I doused it with water after lighting the glow.’ ‘Allright.’ Valo hadn’t been worried. ‘Lei is old enough to be having sex,’ continued Brevila. The interlude apparently had had no effect on her line of thought. ‘I dread to think how that will work out with her knowing little more than where to put his thing. It’s the woman who needs to know how. “It happens, even if it does happenmore to you than most people.”“Right,” he agreed. “But I’ve used up all my chancesand I have to keep myself nice with Colleen for awhile.”“She sure was not happy,” I said.“You bet. I realised how bad she was next day when shetold me she screwed you and Pete to teach me a lesson.”I laughed hysterically, like it was the funniest jokeI’d heard that month. It was lucky Andy was none toobright,. . Mike's attention to my tits became just another item in a never ending race of images. There were six of us for dinner and plenty of margaritas both before, during and after. By the time the party started, about nine, I was just about schwacked!I was hanging out with a group of kids who'd also been away at "college" and felt at ease... In my group.I didn't run into "Mike" until much later. He was in the front room, talking with another man his age. I could almost swear they were talking about. Nice man, clean-shaven, well-dressed, not rough in his manner or speech. He bought me a drink or two, then asked me if I’d go back to his hotel room. He was a rep for cosmetics, and toured part of the country flogging smellies to small shops."‘Okay,’ I said, ‘but it’ll cost you thirty quid, and you’ll have to wear a condom.’ I’ve no idea why I said that. I’d never seriously considered going on the game, although it had crossed my mind that it might be a way to get to my house-buying a bit.