"Priya nodded in return. One of the major social changes in the past century had been the death of the power of society to prescribe the nature of lov..., and to proscribe (nearly) any of its variations. Pedophilia was the last taboo; even incest was accepted, as long as the parties were adult and consenting. Two women in love, such as Jessica and Nadiya obviously were, were allowed, even encouraged, to marry. If they chose to express their love by having one dominate the other, it was nobody's. We danced toseveral numbers and in between had a number of drinks. After a couple of hours,Janet asked me if I would mind if she bought me a drink for a change. I thoughtthis was kind of neat, but in retrospect it was probably the worse decision ofmy life. About a half hour after consuming the drink Janet had bought me, Istarted to feel a little queasy and light headed. She suggested that maybe weshould both leave and get some fresh air on the way to the car. The last thingI remember that night. ? ?I just moved into West Evergreen Drive? Anne thought that was peculiar. That was in the next town. Furthermore, there were two parts to West Evergreen Drive: the part that one could see, which made up some of the main road. There were no houses on this road. And the second part that one could not see, which was a long forgotten road buried somewhere in the woods. ?Where on Evergreen? I’ve never seen any houses on that road.? She said defiantly. Maybe he didn’t. I recounted the sorry tale of the foursome at my parents’ and she listened in silence.When I had finished she said nothing, then gave a loud and dismissive “Tchhh!” as if she’d heard the same old thing all over again.“You knew?” I asked.“Not the details,” she said. “But I had a good idea. I was pretty sure about her and him. Didn’t know about Frank and Mona. Did you?”“Come on!” I said, exasperated. “Them? No.”“Ah well,” she said. “Ah well, said the sole. Ah sole, said the well” It was a little.