At least she was getting on well with Evie and Pete.On my return I picked Talia up and we moved her stuff into our new home.The next day she went off ...o school and I started the cleanout in therestaurant. I totally gutted the interior. I had an engineer come in andcheck out what I was doing. The City Council building inspector came into carry out a survey and make sure I was following the plans I hadsubmitted.Talia walked in as I was carrying the last of the shit out to the skipbin. We hugged. "We all go or none goes. This escapee is tricksy."The car disappeared. A van appeared, a cargo van with no seats. They gotin. Princess hesitated at the door."Do I have to knock you out?" Jas asked.Squelch touched Princess. She collapsed. He looked at Jas. "That's twoyou owe me." He dragged Princess in to the van.The van had no windows. They traveled for hours. Eventually they werelifted by an airship. Or so it seemed. There was a general loftingsensation. Rocking, buffeting. Jas's ears popped. And that was how I found out that boys do it because I caught him a couple of times. In a strange way, catching him helped me a lot too.” “How?” “Well, the first time was about two years ago when I walked into his bedroom late one night to borrow a CD. I didn’t knock before going in and, while it was the wrong thing to do, I wasn’t thinking about him doing that. Anyway, he was lying on his bed naked, you know, stroking his penis.” “What did he do?” “He was really miffed. Very angry! He. .well...yeah...I guess. Hey, I'm gonna get my stuff together. See you in about 2 hours,” Lily answered.Kelly logged off. She was nervous. What if Lily didn't like her? What if she didn't like Lily? Every “what if” went through her head, as she busied herself by cleaning up her area.About 6:30, Carl picked up her mother for their date together. With a quick kiss on the cheek, her mother was out the door and in the car. Kelly remained at the window, watching the car disappear from sight.Leaning.