There was an almost audible murmur of relief when the doorbell sounded to announce the arrival of the final couple to complete the dozen. But nothing ...ould have prepared us for the moment when Fritz entered with Sophie on his arm.Pseudonyms are required and we had already announced ourselves as Polly and Mike so we waited to see how the newcomers would react to our presence. Needless to say, Fritz – masquerading now as Josef – carried it off with aplomb. Only as he shook hands with Alan did he. Not long after, Martin heard the unmistakable sounds of people having sex. As Martin listened to the ebb and flow of intensity from next door, he tugged on his knob in frustration. The sounds seemed never-ending, and almost drove him out of his mind.‘Fuck… Alf is a real bastard,’ Martin thought to himself.When Martin finally heard the door of the spare room next to him open and then close, followed shortly by the door of the main room, Martin was hyperventilating.As he lay on his bed for the. " "Yes," Joe sobbed, before kissing me. "Let's go, Mom, let's make our relationship completely official and have sex." "I like that, son, I love you, I swear, nothing will ever change that. I stood firm against your father, and I don't regret it, I promise." "Okay, Mom," he said, before kissing me. "Let's go," he suggested, before we headed to my bedroom. Needless to say, all three of us shed tears, but still knew our feelings for each other would trump all the bad sentiments, in due time. ‘Hey Lily, how’s Mia? I heard from Eli that she was out of remission,’ Emma wanted to know. ‘She’s doing better,’ Lily said with a small smile. ‘How are you doing? We haven’t seen you around much lately,’ Lily added. ‘I’ve been around, but Eli and I are sort of taking a break. He met my cousin and sort of freaked out,’ Emma answered. ‘Hello Lily.’ Lily looked up and gasped, her eyes widened as she recognized the man that had walked up to them. ‘Lily, this is my cousin Carter,’ Emma introduced..