‘We’ll have a slumber party!’ Tommy and I rolled our eyes at each other. ‘Dibs on the big bedroom,’ Tommy said. ******* Jennifer and I took ...are of details that were becoming an annoyance, such as laundry and on-line clothes shopping, on Friday morning. I should point out that the clothes-shopping part didn’t do a thing for me. I picked out two pairs of jeans, two pairs of walking shorts, a few shirts and some odds and ends in about ten minutes, taking Jennifer’s suggestions as to the details,. After each date it was not uncommon for Bruce to carryMissy up the stairs, either propping her up as her crutch or over hisshoulder.She was silently forming a trust bond with Bruce. The more she neededhim, even if that need was forced, the more he was there. Not Molestingher, or taking advantage of the situation (he did that when she didn't"need" him), but taking care of her in her time of need, contrived asit may be. He dressed her for bed, tucked her in, cradled her on herside so she wouldn't. " She nodded and left. Luke stared after her until Sol smacked his shoulder. "What?" "Stop staring. You kids today. No manners." "Oh, knock it off." Luke rolled his shoulders. "I bet you've stared at plenty of pretty women." "I stared at one, then I married her. Watch yourself, kid. You're going down the same path, I can see it." He gave Luke a pointed look. "Sol, it hasn't been that long. And I don't think looking at someone means a marriage contract." Luke denied it reflexively, but the idea. In fact, the power of him excites me to daydream of completing the one act I refused last night. To some small degree, I want this loving man to have me, take me, pierce me. What would that be like? In all those days and nights piercing, penetrating, possessing women, I have never once given thought to how it must feel to take another into oneself, to surrender ones inner body to the probing, impaling of another. To have that long hardness impale you, to take it deep within. If such a thing is.