I figured she would have made a scene, and I didn't want to get her thrown in jail because she wasn't old enough to be drinking."Carolyn shot me anoth...r look, and I knew what she was about to say before she said it."I know! I know! I will talk to her about that tomorrow. I will get to the bottom of it, and I won't tolerate that any longer if she's going to stay in the house, okay?" Good," Carolyn muttered."So anyway, I decided to follow them. She got into his car and they left. I followed. Nor could you touch another person to gratify your or their needs. Dancing was seen by many as a form of sexual pleasure if the fronts of the two bodies actually touched. Out of that law developed dances like the ‘Texas Two-step’ and the ‘Tennessee Waltz’ where distance exists between the two partners as they circle the dance floor. Two hands touch and the other hands are safely on each others’ waists. You sure could not polish your big silver rodeo belt buckle on a gal’s front dancing like. Mom lay where we had left her. Her eyes looked at us when we entered, but then returned to staring up at the ceiling.Catching fish with the net was easy and soon we were back at the shack where Maria was tending to Mom. Dad showed me how to start a fire and we ate cooked fish. After Maria finished hers, she fed Mom.That's the life we led. Days became weeks and then months. Dad kept a calendar and had surprised me on my sixteenth birthday, but none of us had been in the mood to celebrate. Maybe. Later."He turned to Chrissy. "Oh." He didn't seem to know quite what to say, as she just stared at him. Then he frowned a little and said "Look, Pumpkin, I know this seems strange to you, but it means a lot to me. Can I still have a hug, or do you hate me now?"Chrissy DID feel funny giving him a hug, knowing that he was going to take her mother into his bedroom, lie on top of her and fill her up with his sperm so she'd get pregnant. But it didn't seem horrible or anything. Just strange. After.