Your father is," she paused, "your father. He's still taking things slowly, but he's working just as hard as ever and things are going back to normal.... But?" Erik could tell there was a 'but.' He could read his mother's emotions and could tell not everything was right. His father had a massive heart attack a little over a year ago and it had been very hard on his mother. Erik was home more than at school during that time and had nearly failed the semester, but he knew where his place was. There. He hadn't seen Harry Halliday since Chicago! Harry had been a junior executive with a sporting goods manufacturing company and on his way up the corporate ladder. Harry was close to Scott's age, but looked much older now.The two friends walked down to the Golden Pheasant restaurant and sat down to a dry martini and lunch. Harry explained that he was still with the same company, but that they had moved their offices to Dallas."Say," Harry remarked as the waiter removed their salad plates, "you. I was a bit disappointed but not too worried as today looked like it was going to be much more interesting.Victor then said to Sue in the back, “How is he Sue? Is he ready?”I looked back ... and to my disbelief ... She was playing with the dog in the back of the car ... He was laying on his back while Sue was wanking his cock and it was fucking huge, even longer than Victor’s but not as fat.She could see I was suprised but just smiled at me and carried on as if it was the most normal thing to. All the rituals she'd attended came to the fore in her mind. All the things everyone in the Mansion did everyday. The little kindnesses they showed each other. The regard they had for other living things, even the plants. How Sally whispered Lea's blessings over the meals she cooked, how they were all quick with a kind word and slow to anger.She wanted, needed, to belong to that and almost cried when she realized she was denied because of her age. But the Goddess had offered something else, and.