I couldn't make the men wait any longer. I am thrilled that you came around on your own. I hope, Sandy and Val, that your first concern is the same as...Cece's." She received tearful nods in reply."I am going to ask each of you individually to repeat some simple but powerful pledges after me. I will use Bud's name, but put in your own husband's name when you repeat them." I pledge to welcome Bud's return to our home as a gift that I do not deserve, but will be forever grateful for." I promise not. As they stepped into the hallway, Sandra winced. "Maybe we should have forgone that last time."Bobby smiled over at her, "Yeah, but it was fun." Well, you both saw what I look like. Just be careful if you decide to sit on my lap, please." Oh, poor Baby," Bobby laughed, "maybe we should kiss it and make it better." Don't even tease me about that. I'll get another erection, and when it rubs against my pants..." Oh, okay, Spoilsport. We'll behave." Sandra grabbed his hand, then her sister's.. We also agreed that it was one of the safest places that we could be. The kids at school that picked on us would not be caught dead in a library.I started walking her home after the library and Audrey would reward me with a kiss. Soon it was a rather nice kiss with tongue and all in her bedroom. That quickly progressed into her letting my hand slip up under her blouse. Her bedroom became our haven to escape her parents and sister. They kept accusing us of sleeping together but we hadn’t.The. “You wanted to see me father? How are you feeling?” Michael sat down in the chair beside his father’s bed.“Thank you for coming, for sparing me the time...”“Don’t be foolish father,” Michael begged. “I will always come running if you have need of me!”“Even if I continue to forbid your relationship with the Beaumont girl?”Michael’s jaw clenched, and his eyes hardened. “You will always be my father – but my feelings for and about Laurie have not changed.”“No, I don’t imagine that they have,”.