Neither of them had been virgins when they met, Sarah having given her virginity to her high-school sweetheart and then later had been with three diff...rent partners while in college and out in the work force. David had been with a total of three different women, the last of which he had lived with for over a year and been engaged to married when she cheated on him with a guy he worked with and David immediately called off the wedding.Sarah and David mutually agreed not to have any children. I stood up to him and we talked a few minutes about what it’s like to play junior hockey.”“Good for you, Son,” Dan said.“The best thing is Abby’s Dad gave us permission to date and go steady.”“That’s good to hear Brad, I’m happy for you both. I like Abby already.”“Thanks, Mom, isn’t Abby fantastic?”“She sure is, I know she’ll fit right in with our family.”“Her Dad and I had a good talk. You know those shows about African culture where husbands pay the girls’ father cattle and goats for her hand. Youve got some trash that needs to be taken out of the ladys washroom Frank told the waitress, and she nodded. She went back into the kitchen, and re-emerged with a colossal man who was obviously the cook. Tavia didnt wanna see the bathroom weirdo again, even if he was being brutally escorted out, so her, Brad, and Frank thanked the waitress and left in a hurry, all piling into the huge truck and once again hitting the road. Tavia was feeling pretty exhausted from all of the travel and. She’d put on a short, thin summer dress that made it evident that she wasn’t wearing a bra, and it seemed that she smiled at me almost sadly. We picked at our food and drank more wine than usual, trying to make conversation, until suddenly she burst into tears, dropped her knife and fork and rushed from the room. I hurried after her, following her upstairs to her room, to find her sobbing on her bed. Her face was buried in her arms, and her skirt was rucked up to the tops of her thighs. I sat.