Talking to do," Charlotte coughed as she led the others into the house."Okay, everyone, please sit down. Yes, Abel, I have something to tell you, too....Clearly, you have some news of your own as well. Let me start with mine. Well, as you can see, I'm ... having an affair with Dr. Bannon," Abel's mother continued."Oh, really? What does Dad think of this?" Abel asked her, a bit aggravated by her hypocrisy."Don't take that tone with me, young man. I might be damned, and likely I will be. During that time he’s persuaded her to buy a bigger house and get a mortgage to do so. Then things started going wrong and he’s claiming half of the house and other bits and pieces. It’s usually the woman that does this to the guy but Audrey has found out lately that this guy actually has a history of doing this before. Anyway, he left to live with this other woman – heard this before somewhere? – and Audrey found out that it was somewhere in a place called Coppull, near us. Anne explained. "They're uh... Look, I can't sleep next to people fucking, ok?" She seemed exasperated. Not angry, just tired."Well, if you want, I can sleep on the floor" I, of course, had no idea how I was going to do that with her watching, since I hadn't bothered to get dressed after Kaila and I had screwed."Hey, I can trust you, right?" She shrugged her shoulders, closing the door after flipping off the hall light. "Just stay on your side, and we can share."I nodded, and turned off the room light as she. He chuckled to himself. I looked up to see him coming towards me, eyes dark with wanting, and predatory intent. ''Neither of us is stupid...'' he said.I felt like a mouse in front of a snake. Rooted to the spot, with terror, and with desire. I simply could not move, could not brake his gaze. David came up to me, up close, inserting himself into my body space. My lips parted, almost by themselves. My heart raced. He reached out almost curiously and he rubbed his palm lightly over my ribcage,.