.." Joanne began to getupset, and when I looked at her, I saw that she was almoststarting to cry, because this had been her idea."Maybe if I stretch, ...ou'll be able to make it fit," I saidconsoling her. "Here, let's try this," I offered, clasping myhands together over the top of the door, letting my body lengthenas it hung down. She tried to pull it together, and, as I pulledmyself in as much as I could, I felt the hooks being secured. Ifelt my waist being pulled in as if it were in a silken. Mark was momentarily struck with both disappointment and relief when he saw that Emily had her party dress back on. But then she started taking their bundles, and he didn’t have time to sort out the strange collisions in his emotions.Emily gave them both a cheerful smile and said, “I’ll carry all this up the rest of the way. Why don’t you two step outside for a moment and see how nice it is?”Jada nodded. “Okay, thanks. Most of your stuff is in the red duffle.” A moment later Emily gave a last. But ... do you really think we should? I mean in front of all these kids. I know we are ALLOWED to do it but that still doesn’t make it right or that we should do it at all. And ... and ... and ... besides ... most people here see us as brother and sister even if we both know we are not ... technically speaking! Won’t that seem weird to them?”“Awwwww, who cares” continued Susan. “They’ll just probably think it is another one of those things Lifestyle Nudists are allowed to do. And besides,. LORD! I felt a warm, reassuring presence! Charlie was smiling at me and mentally welcoming me to his home! Several hours ago I was certain I was in the presence of Satan himself, now, it’s like I’m being welcomed by the Almighty One! All of the fear and trepidation I felt, worrying about how to deal with the evil one named Viktor, was quickly vanishing.I mentally asked Charlie, “Are YOU Jonah?”He gave me the warmest smile, then a quick chuckle, “Yes, my new friend. Well, at least ‘some’ of.