I glanced quickly at the TV to see how my parents reacted to it, but I couldn’t tell. ‘What about future development?’ Devon asked. ‘We’ll s...t aside an area for Kevin, Georgette and me to do exactly that,’ I said without thinking. ‘What about your practice?’ Sarah asked immediately of her daughter. I saw Georgette take on her distinctive flush as she struggled to answer her mother’s question. ‘It’s … on hold … permanently,’ she finally managed. ‘I’m committing myself to John’s company. I think. And I will never, ever, think you are anything like your mother.”She sighed a deep breath, shaded rose in the cheeks then announced “I’m gave my self to Pete Simmons five months ago, we had sex for three months before I broke up with him.”As beautiful as my daughter is I wasn’t as shocked as she might have imagined. In fact I was mildly surprised she waited until after she turned sixteen. To let her know she wasn’t a slut in my heart and eyes I said “At your age it’s only natural, has Pete been. "Do you want to see which one?" she asked with exuberantenthusiasm.Her enthusiasm was contagious. Not only did Naomi nod, "Certainly,dear," but also Alex felt his curiosity piqued, as well as - strangelyenough - sharing her enthusiasm.Emily led the woman to the front of the store, to a display near thewindow. "I've been tempted to hide it away so no one will buy it beforeI can, but that doesn't seem honest to me." She lightly fingered thedeep green fabric of the dress. "I could have bought it. I did not see her at all after school started. I shrugged and assumed that was the end of things. But it was not. This spring I met up with Allic and her chubby lil girlfriend Kate. It was clear who the leader was. Allic talked about how much fun sex was and how Kate just had to try it. She talked like she had been doing everything with me. I smiled and did not contradict her stories about last summer. Then Allic asked if I would be willing to do a few things with Kate. I said fine, so long as.