One day on the way home from school she said she wanted to talk to me out in the treehouse. We hadn’t been there in ages so I checked that the ladde... was still good and took a clean blanket to put on the floor.She was near tears and wanted to hold my hand as we talked. “I’m pregnant!” Shit, I didn’t even know she wasn’t a virgin. She continued, “I think about two months. There was an older guy that you don’t know who convinced me to try it and said I wouldn’t have any problems. We did it in his. "It's my home too," Ellie shrugged."Well, if you're sure," Janet said as Ellie took a deep breath andopened the front door."Oh- umm, hello," Ellie's mother said, clearly taken aback at the sightof her elder daughter greeting her. "Is Jac- umm, is- is Jade ready toleave?" Yep, right here," Jade said, her manner much more subdued than it wasearlier that afternoon. "Ready to go." Did you have fun today?" Sharon asked stoically."I did," Jade replied with a smile. "Looking forward to hanging out. Mother Genevieve allowed such asceticism not, calling it only self love in guise, and as ever she proved in the right. Lilac needed such guidance now, but could not face the abbess who had reared her as tenderly as any true mother. She felt confounded in a web of chaos and sin, one wrong besetting another upon her. Lust led to carnal actions, carnal actions showed she kept not to her duty as she had struggled to do since arriving, defying the order of the world yielded only despair, and pride. If they give you a hard time, I’ll share their secrets as well.”A few eyes looked at the floor as Jeryl gave them a challenging stare.“Now, while we wanted to get together with everyone for a fun start to the Olympics, we do have a little business to discuss before we scatter to the four corners of the world again.” She looked to Alison, who nodded.She had the job of scanning for bugs when we got back to the suite.Jeryl looked around to make sure she had everyone’s attention. “Paul and I have.