.. enthusiastic. He said something about university might change my mind.”“And you said?”“I said I wasn’t changing. You were all I’d ever ...ant in a husband, friend and companion. He didn’t say anything to that.”I decided to move on. “Where are you staying?”“They’ve just built new student accommodation on campus, and some of them are individual flats. There were some just finished that will be offered in September, so they are vacant, and I’ve got one. Daddy’s paid up till the end of the. ” Henry threw the ball at the garage – hard. His face was red with anger as he turned to Diane and said, “You wanna know? Do ya? I’m fucking twenty-one years old and I’m still a fucking virgin!” With that the young man dropped his head and turned away from her, walking towards the backyard. Diane didn’t quite know what to do. She went after him, and found him sitting on the picnic bench. She put her arm around his shoulders. “It’s going to happen, sweetness – and it’s going to be. She was waiting for him. She was going to speak to him. The urge to run was overwhelming, but with an effort of will he kept on going. He had been ordered to show his balls to anyone and everyone and he was going to have to do it. He walked up to her. She had a big smile on her face and to his enormous relief he saw it was Maddie’s friend Sandy.“Hello Big Boy”, she said, “out for a stroll?He walked as steadily up the stairs as he could and regained the sanctuary of the flat.Maddie clapped. She hugged her body fearfully as he slowly trudged toward her, a leer upon his lips."You think you're so mature, don't ya?" he said. "Ya wanna be grown-up, don't ya?" he challenged.Then he was swaying in front of his daughter, looking down into her frightened eyes. She wanted to speak but she was too afraid. In the past she saw how mean he could get when he was like this, and Marcy found that the best way to handle him was by saying as little as possible."Well, guess what?" he asked grabbing.