But already before Lisa turned one, things started to look less bright. John seemed more interested in still going out with boys than being a father o... two and took very little interest in bringing up the girls. In a misguided attempt at "patching things up" Irene quit the pill and was promptly pregnant again. John was unimpressed and while not in any way abusive, he was more and more absent. When Irene came home from the hospital after giving birth to Anne there was someone in the house. "Meet. A moderate earthquake hit Southern California. Nothing unusual for the area nor was the quake itself devastating by any stretch of the imagination. It was the inability to respond to the damage afterward that had caused wide-spread suffering. In the past when people and resources had been more readily available, a broken water main was a day's repair using extra pipe brought in from some yard where it had been stored for just such an emergency. In the midst of a global collapse, repairs could. You can do that later.” Autumn winked as she answered. “So, what did you and Roger do today? Did you get any pictures taken?”“Actually, we mostly talked about what happened this morning and how it affected our relationship. I think it’s still good, but I worry a little about it. Roger seemed a little different today.”Autumn sat down on the bed beside June and put her arm around her shoulders.“Well, after this morning, you can’t blame him. The poor guy was probably in a state of shock. He’ll. I was in love with Daddy almost to the point of obssession. I stood in front of the full length mirror in the bathroom and rubbed my belly, imaging what it would like swollen with Daddy's baby. All the dreams were not so pleasent. Sometimes when the baby was born it was deformed. Other dreams involved us being discovered and seperated. I woke from these nightmares with a cry. When we did get together we always tried a new sexual position. Some I liked and some were uncomfortable and the.