It felt wonderfully hard. It seemed quite normal to have my fingers around it, as if my whole life had been building up to this moment. It was as if I...had done it before. Human nature, I guess, was telling me what to do.I wanted him now. But not here. Not on the couch. I wanted him in my own room, on my own familiar single bed. I knew that I would feel more easy, more comfortable giving up my virginity there. And all I said was, "C'mon, I want it upstairs". I wanted to say something romantic,. . disrespectful.”“Be that as it may, we have no other choice. You need to remain unseen. Now, go! Before they meet. And report back to me with whatever you learn.”I let my hand linger in hers for a moment, giving her hand a gentle squeeze, then nodded and left her. Most everyone was at dinner, so I was able to move unseen into the room where Cicero had taken the coffin. The coffin was standing upright along one wall, in front of the Sanctuary window seal. I easily opened the simple lock on it,. Besides I knew my chance would come again.It was a few weeks before Christmas and we had planned a family trip to Boston to go shopping and basically stay for the weekend. At the last minute my mom cancelled. She said she had to work. I suspected she was simply not looking forward to spending that much time with my dad one on one. My dad was calling the hotel to cancel our reservations when my mom said, " Why cancel? Take Emily and go have fun."My Dad looked at me and I shrugged, pretending. But if they wouldn't do anything about it, the k**s would. Sneaking a drink behind the bar, Lorena felt the stuff burn all the way down. She needed a little extra courage, but before she could pour herself another shot, she looked up and saw her father watching. "You're a good k**, Lorena," he said. "Some guy is going to be mighty lucky!" "Thanks, dad." Into an awkward silence, Glynn said, "I'm hungry. I'll grab a bite to eat and be up later." They saw their father climb the stairs heavily,.