As the story deals with topics and themes related to sexuality,violence and mental illness, it is intended for mature readers only.The people and inci...ents depicted herein are completely fictional.THE STORYChapter 1/7 -- Home for HalloweenSynopsis:Michael Caldwell, a man in his late thirties hoping to carve out acareer in science, comes to visit his parents and his sister Kate onHalloween. Kate invites him to a party with their mutual friends, andhe accepts, not knowing that he is in for an. Maybe she was just along for the ride as well, he thought.It was a Saturday evening. His dad and Jody had gone out for the evening. For once Kara didn't have a date and was home. Darrin had worked all day and when he got home he saw her sprawled out on the couch. She had on a pair of cut-offs and a T-shirt. She looked at him and then turned away, on her side. Her snug shorts pulled up tight exposing her ass cheeks to him roving eyes. No doubt, he figured, she was doing this purposely for his. "Oh," he caught me off-guard. I hadn't thought that far ahead. "It wouldhave to be after the Christmas concert," I rattled off immediately asavailable dates started bouncing around inside my head. "So, like threeweeks from now? Will that work?" Probably," he said. "Let me talk to the other guys and I'll get back toyou, okay?" Okay," I said a third time, but relief echoed from this one.Felix turned to continue toward Chorus, and I smiled as I made my waytoward Study Hall.---The rest of the week. We left the guys by the pool while I led the girls inside the Adults' House where we 'happened' to meet Carol and Ava, who joined in. Julia was busy with workmen in our closet, telling them what she wanted done while we were in Noumea.We started at the Adults' living room, then worked our way southeast through the house. Every room was better than any room the girls had ever seen before, and the combined effect was wonderful. The thirteen girls were blown away by the tour, with their proximity.