Duncan Handsworth, I’m not an object, and I’m not for sale. I’ve had a good marriage, Gerry and I are going to save it. Did your ‘operatives�... discover Gerry had a little something on the side in the Philippines? Well, I don’t believe it.’ ‘Helen, you have the right to be angry. I had no right, no real justification to ask for this report. Believe me…’ ‘Humph! You’re damned right you didn’t!’ ‘I wasn’t trying to manufacture something on Gerry. Let me tell you what he found, and this is a. We sat in silence gazing at each other and hardly daring to look each other in the eye. Mother noticed our reluctance to make eye contact and remarked upon it. It was my sister that assured her all was well.Dinner over we settled into the family routine of telling how our days had been. Father it seemed had found a new lead for his agricultural supplies business and mother went on about her sewing circle. The conversation turned to us kids.I told mother about my school day and how I had been. 'Is there anything in particular we shouldn't be doing?' She asked us both, trying to find the boundaries. Tanya's a bit organised like that, she likes to know where she stands.'Not as far as I'm concerned,' I answered.'Nor me,' said Lauren. 'Just whatever feels nice.''And what about the other way around?'I looked at Tanya, not really understanding, and Lauren also pulled back in her arms looking for clarification.'I mean.' Tanya blushed faintly from having to explain. 'Is there anything in. The way she giggled made his body light up. Hearing her talk with him about hunting and fishing or watching her work by his side on the engine of her car, a line of grease across her cheek, about sent him over the edge every time. Being around her was one constant battle to hide an ever growing erection. He couldn’t help but sit right by her at dinner. He let his finger “accidently” graze her knee or bare thigh. It was risky, touching her like that knowing it would not be hard to figure out it.