Or perhaps, she'd never completely fallen out of love with him. In any event, he bought her presents, took her dining and dancing, wrote terrible poet...y to her. Now they were married and ready to consummate the ceremony. She was amazed when he told her he wanted to hold off till after the wedding to go all the way. "I was raised pretty strict and was taught that sex was for procreation only. I guess some of that's still with me. Kind of ironic, don't you think?"Gina hung the wedding gown on the. I have no real father or mother. I am probably the child of many people."He sat the chair upright again, "For the next few days we'll stay here at the lake and I'll give you an intense instruction on the way our time works. Doesn't work would be more like it."She nodded her agreement and they started discussing how a few of the basic things worked in this world that she had landed in. He told her that he would like her to watch the television for a day to see a visual image of a lot of the. "Becky," I said when the automated voice of the collect-call service asked who was calling. I heard the phone ring. And ring. And ring.No one answered. Jason either wasn't home or he wasn't answering the phone.I began to cry. I felt naked and alone and terrified and even though I was still sort of stoned there was nothing soft and comforting about my high. The situation I was in was awful. Could I find a place to hide? Yes, I decided, finally. There was no other choice, no other way. I had to. ‘All right. I think you’re right. This was special. Just the same, do you think you’re good for one more?’ ‘With a little help from my friend,’ I whispered, stroking her face with my fingertips. It was almost seven that evening when we got back to Meg’s house. I think anyone who saw us would have known exactly what we had been doing that afternoon. Certainly Meg did. She was all smiles and hugs for us both. The children didn’t notice anything, of course. They were too caught up in their own.