“Laurel, you’re a pretty girl but you’re way too young for me,” I said. “Not to mention that I’m here with Bethany, the girl I’ve been s...tting with.”Implying that she was my girlfriend was a little white lie, but one that I felt warranted given how aggressive Laurel was.“Laurel, go watch the skating so I can talk to Steve, please.”“Humph! You don’t let me have any fun!” she groused, but she also did what Laura asked.“Wow!” I said, once Laurel was away from us.“Yeah,” Laura laughed. “She’s a. He put the back of her hand to his lips and softly kissed it. “You okay?” The unspoken question was why she declined to link.Frida leaned low and kissed the back of his head just above his neck. “When I was a girl, my parents taught me never to dance on other people’s graves, and that’s what my soul is doing right now. I’m too ashamed to let you see my mind like this.”“Uh ... What?”“I see you haven’t noticed yet. The census counter dropped again about twenty minutes ago. That’s the third drop. It said: “This Saturday morning,you will have a visitor.He comes from me,let him in and let him to what I sent him to do.It is for your pleasure and reward.Do not hesitate to strip for this, this is important” Oh my God,I thought,now what! Clearly I was in for a new experience,but not with the writer of the emails. My mind whirled with possibilities and finally I had to let it go and wait.I was being rewarded for obeying,my mind boggled. The kids got off with the maximum of chaos. "No thank you, Alex, you're a lovely girl," he said as he took the helmetand secured it to the back of the bike as he held his own helmet in hishand.I looked back, the lights in the house were still in, I figured Amanda wasstill here, probably spying out the window I thought. "Look I meant itabout maybe going out as friends again, and I did have a good time," Isaid."So did I," said Pete.I moved forward slightly and leaned towards him bending, as I did so Ikissed him on the lips. "Thanks again.