”In the corner of my eye, I saw the president of the HOA start our way. I said, “I have nothing to say. Again, why don’t you and Mallory talk to...someone else?”I sat down leaving Joel and Mallory facing John. John was an inch taller than I with a muscular build also. Mallory was looking at him with interest. John never glanced her way keeping his attention on Joel. I knew the signs. John was ready to defend himself.I knew that wouldn’t be popular with Mallory. While all three of our ladies were. "Guys," I said to the sponsors. "No means no! Earth First has lost a number of leaders in the county, but an accusation of rape could cause a mob reaction." Dude," Daniel said. "Our friends got to choose, but ... man, you're making this unfun!" Our girls had a choice between us," I replied. "They could have decided to risk someone else choosing them."He snorted."I agree! This is an Earth First county so there are a fuck of a lot less sponsors than there should be and the scores skew low because. That wasn't enough though. He finished by complimenting her on hercooking and saying "you're going to make some man very happy some day." Thenhe quickly hit [send] before he could second guess himself and delete thenote.Then Mark thought of something else. Why not check that chat room to see ifLysa happened to be there. He entered anonymously, so he could only observe.Lo and behold, there she was. With yet another lovely picture of herselfposted, Lysa was chatting back and forth with a couple. Nursing a semi hard on I ducked into the bathroom just as mum was coming up the stairs. “Morning sleepy head” she called as she banged on the bathroom door. “Morning mum” I replied through a mouthful of toothpaste. She was already back downstairs when I came out from the bathroom. Stepping into my bedroom to get dressed I was horrified to find that my mum had been in my room and stripped my bed for the Sunday laundry, the weather was hot and windy, I should have guessed that she would take.