His truck had a very distinctive sound. So I got up on my back legs, put my front paws on the window sill, and looked out through the screen window. I... was still the middle of the day, and he wasn't supposed to be coming home at this time, so I wondered if there was a problem or something.The man was with Cheryl, like usual, and they made the kind of sounds they usually made. It was like when her and Jim were mating, but it was different, too. He grunted differently, and she was talking much. Never refer to her that way again in my presence." Adam looked a little stunned when I finished, but I didn't care if he was insulted."I won't be studying with you any longer, " he said."That's your choice, Adam. If you feel this strongly about my father marrying your mother, you should make sure she knows about your objections as soon as possible."Adam had clinched his right fist in anger while I tried to explain my feelings to him. I felt fairly calm, but I was prepared to beat him. He opened a tiny door and we stepped onto a metal gantry that ran around the edge of a vast circular duct that rose up through the middle of the structure, from top to bottom. Metal rungs provided an arduous means of ascent, other than that of the elevator. Never good with heights, I peered tentatively over the railing into the abyss, feeling a sense of deep trepidation.With hundreds of floors above and even more below, it was engineering on a grand scale. Threaded through the centre of the. He means everything to me; the only other person who come close, other than my son, is you.” Rachel tried to react calmly to Karen’s words. However, Rachel’s head was now spinning. “Did Karen just say what I think she said,” Rachel thought to herself. “Does that mean ...” Her thoughts were interrupted when Karen gave Rachel a chaste kiss on the cheek. “I’m sorry about being so theatrical,” Karen said staring to get herself back together. “I was shocked that Doug had included those intimate.