" Andy, any beer?" In the cooler over there." Andy pointed to the large red cooler filled with beer bottles in ice."Excellent." Luke grabbed one beer...." Nice and cold." My wife laid them for me before she went to her mother's." Andy lied about his wife being at her mother's. He knew she was waiting for them in the spare bedroom.Andy told the guys that he wanted to check with the girl. Andy opened the door and slipped into the room. " Are you ready?"Amy turned around to face her husband. " Do. I knew what she was thinking, and I said, "No way." Why not?" she asked."It would hurt." Not really." My dad's mad enough about my long hair. He'd go ballistic if I came homewith my ears pierced." Love. You're eighteen." I'd get a lot of ribbing from the guys at school for having both of thempierced." So, do one?" Maybe." I can do it for you." You can?" Sure. Wendy and I did our own." You did." Yea. When I was about eleven, and she was twelve." And, it doesn't hurt?" Just a pin prick." Well .... 'I wouldn't mind, ' I said, but I could feel warm blood rushing to my cheeks.'Have you started already, Rob?'I didn't want to lie to Holly – ever – so I admitted it.She sat down again. 'Why didn't you tell us?''Mainly because she didn't know how you and – particularly – Daniella would take the news. Daniella wanted to be first. We didn't know how you'd feel either, you being my girlfriend and Cathy being your mother.''I suppose I had said I didn't want any half-brothers or -sisters, ' she said. Chrissy giving me a sidelong look, knowing I was indulging Emily for my own sake. ‘Is this your guitar in the back Emily?’ I asked. She turned as far as she could in her seat to reply. ‘Yup, my teacher is going to be there tonight and we’re going to play.’ ‘That’s awesome! What are you going to be playing?’ ‘You’ll just have to wait and hear.’ She smiled, a mirror of her mothers impish grin. Chrissy pulled up beside the fire house and parked between a couple pickup trucks. We walked inside to.