But now we were intimate. Iknew Matt's body and he knew mine, even as it changed. The first time Itook him inside me it seemed like the natural prog...ession of ourintimacy. It was only later that it became something else.We had roles in the main house over that winter. Delia taught us to sewand we spent time curing and working seal skins and making new boots forthe boys, and other items. We helped to prepare food, not just to eatbut to store. And we made rope from reeds, seaweed and seals. " Older than me? Or the same age." Mostly in their twenties," she said. "You won't be the youngest, there are several others who are your age." Tell her about the condom rule," Dad said.Mom nodded. "Everything here is done with condoms. We don't know where they've been, or who they've been with, so we're careful."That made sense. There were people who let their sex drive overwhelm their good sense and put all of us at risk. As a result, unless it was a closed group where you knew everyone's. That was a little tough for my brain to absorb, seeing where the dick had just been, but this girl marched to her own drummer. If she liked that taste, it wouldn't bother me.Two nights later, I was at my desk, waiting for Marcia, a $50 bill on the desk in front of me. It wasn't blackmail; I have too much sense to pay that, and she hadn't asked for anything. If she threatened, I would just tell her to call my wife. Better to have a fight and get it over with than to be bled forever.When Marcia. He gently pulled the counterpane over her without waking her.He went back to his own room and started to jot things down that needed to be done. It being a Sunday the next day there was little he could do about arranging the funeral. The vicar would be rushing between churches taking services. That would have to wait until Monday. So would contacting the undertakers. Tomorrow would be spent telling relatives. He realised that that responsibility would be his. It would be too much for his mother.