If all that wasn’t enough, she also didn’t want to stop her relations with Berto. To her surprise, she found that even though Josh was hurt by al... the revelations, he loved her so much that he didn’t care. He wanted to marry her anyway. As long as they lived together and their relationship was as strong as it had been, she could still keep seeing Berto. He only asked that all the lying was over.I don’t know why but all of those secrets revealed pushed me beyond horny. I told Lizzy that. ”“Okay, we did. Beth asked Kelly and I asked Ling.”“What did they say?”“That it was for our own protection.”“Protection from what?”“Adults that would want to take ‘vantage of us.”Nodding his head, Ed listened carefully to them trying to determine if that was the sole reason for it. He asked, “You don’t think that is a fair concern.”“Right.”There had to be a way to handle this question in a manner that would convince the children that walking naked around others might not be a safe activity.. "Much better," Leo said, more to himself than to Lucy. He held out his hand to help Lucy up and pulling her to her feet she took a step towards him to steady herself, his arm by instinct encircling her waist to catch her. They both looked away, shocked and let their arms fall quickly. Without speaking again they moved off into the crowd. The sun shone down, the piste glistened and the day passed quickly. A feeling of quiet exhilaration filling Lucy as Leo guided down the runs. Clear mountain. “Stay back or I’ll shoot!” a young boy declared.Holding her hands up, palms exposed, she lowered her voice. “Don’t. It’ll only draw their attention. They’re hungry for blood and will stop at nothing to get it. Remain quiet and they’ll calm down. Once they do, I’ll lead them away.”She set the pistol on the porch, glancing back at the continuing feeding frenzy. Turning back to the front door, she consoled the children.“Don’t look. There’s nothing you can do, but this is the best thing for her. If.