"Jahke sighed and let himself be hugged, enjoying the heat of Sitka's muscled chest against his back, and looked around the room. Since Jahke had pret...y much officially moved in, the mark of which was able to hold his own in an argument with Shindae and win, the room had changed in subtle ways. There was a trunk wardrobe against one wall and next to that a fast filling bookshelf. Not a scavenging party went out these days that didn't come back with something for Jahke's little library. Sitka. ”Mommy asked, “Can I watch? Just to make sure that you do it right and that you both enjoy it.”Billy replied, “Sure. I have never done it before and I might need your help.”Mommy looked at me and asked, “Cathy, is he the one for you? Remember once you say yes to sex with a boy you can never change your mind.”I looked at Billy sitting next to me smiling, he held my hand so gently, and then I looked at Mommy and said, “Yes, he is the one.”We went upstairs to the bathroom and undressed while Mommy. When she tried to buy groceries the day before she found that all her credit cards had been declined. She had never worked since she married, had no income of her own, so wasn’t even sure how to go about getting a credit card in her own name, or a job without any qualifications.Amos always bought the tree, no doubt from one of his clients, and decorated it himself on Christmas Eve, so there was no tree this year. There were no family presents to put under where the tree usually stood, either.. Here we are." Oh yeah. I remember now, Mom. And I also remember you were just saying that you had been thinking about me." Right. Good memory, Kid. I did admit to that. Ever since that video ... which you still haven't told me about ... about who was on the phone with you." That's true, Mom. But if I remember something else right, I also think you were going to tell me what happened between you and my brother as part of that deal. You would tell me and I would tell you. And you found a way out.