Dayton let out a strangled gasp and then coughed.“Sixty-one thousand dollars,” Jill repeated.“It’s all I could afford,” I protested.“How i... the fuck can you afford that?” she asked.“It wasn’t easy,” I answered. “Look, I checked out things from other people. I couldn’t go 10 or 11 carats. It just wasn’t possible – without asking Liz to pay for her own ring.”“That isn’t what I’m saying,” Jill cut in with gentle tones. “It isn’t how much you spent. She isn’t going to care about that.”“I care about. After all,it was expected in the Davis family that the womenfolk make the meals,allowing the men folk to sit on their butts and watch football.I suppose that's unfair, really. I'm sure if I had really wanted to, Icould have sat with A.J. and watched the rest of the game. The truth isthat I didn't want to. Don't ask me why; I'm not completely sure myself,but I think it had something to do with the revelation that A.J. hadsomething going with another girl. It wasn't that I wanted to see. We did bath together and had dinner. My dad called us.My mom said “ I’ll come home tomorrow. Today I’ll sleep here itself”.I ordered 10 pairs of sexy modern lingerie online for my mom. After dinner, we locked all the doors and laid three big beds on the floor in the hall for doing sex.I was wearing shorts and t-shirt. My mom and pinni wearing nighties. My pinni said, “ we shall play truth or dare”. My mom replied, “ what is it?”. I explained that game and rules for her.She said “ o.K.”My pinni. ————————————————- Greg didn’t live too far from work and on many mornings when the weather permitted he would ride his bike to work. Upon arriving at work his routine was to stop by the office, check on things with Alex before grabbing a shower and changing into work attire. Sometimes something was already happening and he and Alex would discuss it before he showered. This morning she had been having issues with files on her computer, she often did, so he decided to look at it before he went to.