He got it worse than me."Billy looked at me."I was too hopped up to feel it until it was over, Billy," I said. "I was trying to save Cindy." I looked ...t Jim. "I was trying to save Cindy, and SHE had that little nine millimeter, trying to get a clear shot to save me. I got in the way before she could shoot."Jim gazed at her. Ann's eyes widened. "Wow," Billy said."Gosh, Cindy, you REALLY were?" Teresa blurted.Cindy nodded. "I was tryin', but Dan stopped him. And the shot that got me came through. A few drinks, a card game, and a little flirting were how it began. It progressed into adult games where we would split up couples and play stripping games where one partner would grope the other's spouse under the pretext of following the rules of an adult game. I must admit that seeing someone feeling up Suk, churned my stomach as much as it thrilled me. Of course, I never missed an opportunity to feel up all of the other women there as well. As time permitted, the second tier games involved. Then she told me to get my boys clothes on and stay in my room. I cansee that she was very mad and disappointed with me. I just wanted thechance to explain how I felt, but every time I tried to open my mouth,she said not now.Dad came home and for a long time I could hear silence. Then theystarted to argue. I could hear them blame each other and say that I wasnot normal. At one stage my dad was talking about a military school. Hedid not want a gay son. I could feel tears once again. I didn't. We were in our blanket fort in the basement and my phone chimed that I had a new book synchronizing. We read it all that night and started downloading others. You know, the stuff we all did online was nothing compared to the kind of stuff that’s possible when two people put their parts together IRL.”“I found that out. Maybe I need to borrow that book. But that was like back in June! And it took you until mid-August to put the parts together?”“We did a lot of ... um ... experimenting before.