Chelsea said, "Let's all get comfortable and ready for bed, but I still want to screw Derek. Come with me Jess, we can get ready before the guys." She...took my hand led me into the bedroom and closed the door. As she opened her suitcase she said, "Let's wear some sexy lingerie tonight. Derek and Curtis need to see us at our hottest and sexiest." "The dancer, that was with me, is coming later to see me, so, yes, dressing sexy is what I want," I said. "I have something interesting planned for. It was the mournful sound of someone who had lost their closest and dearest friend, and was being torn emotionally inside-out because of it. With tears beginning to well up in his own eyes, Brad swiped the card in the lock and stepped inside. She was lying on the bed, still fully dressed except for her shoes. She lay on her side in a piteous fetal position, with both arms wrapped tightly around a pillow. She looked up at the sound of the door opening. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying,. "Darling", she whispered to Barbara, "what in the world are you doing in the shadows with a swine like Michael? You're so pale. Please stay with me. I need to find Mary and talk with her. She and Michael have been –well you're a big girl now especially if Michael has gotten his way with you." Mother! I-", Barbara was angry with her for a split second then remembered that she would have been humiliated if she had been discovered with her legs wrapped around Michael's rump."I- well, thank you for. A year later, I caught some nasty bug that hospitalized me for several weeks. In both cases, my parents “gathered ‘round” me both at the hospital and, later, at home, making sure I had everything needed to get better.After the danger passed, they went back to their own pursuits. I was happy with this state of affairs. I had almost total freedom when I wanted. I loved school and science in particular and devoted most of my time to academic pursuits. I swam a lot. Lake Erie was just a block from.