Let’s go home, Ricky.”As soon as we entered the house, Holly disappeared to her room. I joined Mum and Dad in the livingroom. Sprawled on the couc... beside Mum, in my usual place, I checked out both of my parents. Dad was sound asleep, or, more accurately, passed out, in his lazyboy chair. Mum was irritated, adjusting the volume on the TV ever higher in order to drown out his snoring.“What were you and your sister up to tonight,” asked Mum.“We went shopping for Halloween costumes. Holly invited. He snaked his hand underneath my arm and around my waist to get to the frying pan. A little too close as always. I mostly ignored him. But I have to say in the last six months after all us moving in together, nothing bonded me and Simon and I more than snarky banter. ?Get off Simon. I don’t have time for this.? I upended the frying pan into the dish on the counter and rushed back into the bedroom to check if my hair straightner had warmed up. Camren, my boyfriend, was still in bed. We had been. "Well you have much better legs." Actually yours are pretty good. They'd look great in fishnets." Ohhh-Kayyyy," said Bill, "moving on. Next question. Would you sayyou had a 'traditional' marriage, in the sense of subservient, obedientwife and strong, protective husband?" He laughed when he saw the lookson our faces."No, I would not!" I said firmly. "Jackie is my soulmate, my bestfriend. I would never give her orders like a servant."But Jackie was looking thoughtful. She smiled and said,. He hadn't really believed that Hannah could want him, but her positive opinionsof him, as relayed by Marianne, were so egoboosting that he figured hedeserved to have Marianne too. So he drank up quickly and Marianne followedhis lead. Claire left the bar with them, and headed off back to her room.Marianne and Robin headed back to his room. "Let's see what you've got then," Marianne said with a giggle, sitting onthe bed as Robin returned from locking the door. He stripped off unashamedly,his.