At least not if he stops tormenting me all the time.”“He’s your big brother, David, it’s part of the job description.”“Does that mean I ge... to torment Pip all the time?”“No,” Mum and Cal both said together.That got the three ladies collapsing in a fit of giggles.“Look kids,” Aunt Mary said, when they managed to pull themselves together.“We know what it’s like to be teenagers in love. What we’re saying here is, when the time comes, be safe, don’t do anything you’re not comfortable with, and. Otherwise there was only Coral’s constant being beside him. Whenever his eyes swept the three mirrors (to break the asphalt’s hypnotic effect), Coral’s sight always seemed leveled on him. The frequency discounted coincidence. After some several hundred miles Cuniff realized he was Coral’s focus. Any more blatantly and she would’ve been staring. On one hand, her insistence should’ve creeped him out. On the other, Cuniff was a 20-year-old man — women making him the center of their universes was. ”“Right, right. Hey, Henry,” Buck said with squinty eyes.“Buck, what the fuck?” Henry said. “It’s late.”“Sorry. Saw some classmates online and wanted to see what was up,” Buck said.“Just chatting about the assignment,” Elvia said, adjusting her ribbon, looking down at her naked thighs, reassuring herself Buck couldn’t see.“You two are always logged on,” Buck said, grinning. “I wonder why.”“We’re nerds like that, Buck,” Henry said.“Yeah? Or like two naughty kids necking in an empty classroom,”. They talked and finally Ana invited him to sit down. By this time Ana had taken several glasses of red wine; so I knew she had to be pretty loose...Some minutes later she stood up; I expected her to head for the bathroom, but the black man stood up at the same time and they moved to a private booth along the wall. Ana sat down still facing me. The black man sat close to her. The waitress delivered another round of red wine to them...Then I saw his dark hand disappear under the table and I knew.