Naturally people began to talk, but she never listened to what was said, although she assumed the two of them had actually been lovers. I would have b...en quite a scandal if they'd know the truth, but she never worried about it.She kept the main house as it was, but closed it up and never went back into it again. Instead she'd gotten the barn fixed up and had moved in there. That had been her only home since then.There had been the company of her neice and half-brother, but no one else. Until. When it was finished we would spend hours up there playing imaginary war games or dreaming about what we would do when we got older.During one of these sessions I had to pee and headed for the rope to go down to the ground. Robert casually told me to pee out the opening in the floor, no one would know. So I pulled down my shorts and began to pee. I tried to aim for the big rock four feet from the base of the tree but couldn't get my stream to go that far. Robert stood up and said he would hit. Then Islipped off the negligee and the mules and for an instant stood only asa boy, except for the rollers in my hair and the lipstick still clingingto my lips. I looked fleetingly at my reflection in the mirror, andsighing, I put on the ruffled lavender shower cap and showered andshaved as Mother had instructed me yesterday.When I was done in the shower, I opened the door and Mother stood thereholding a huge fluffy pink towel."Here, son, dry yourself and I will show you how to wrap this. What you said has me worried. I never meant to lead anyone on and I don’t want to hurt anyone either. I thought we were just dating and hanging out as friends,” I said.“Be honest with yourself. Do you have feelings for them?” Cassidy asked.“Well, of course I do. I think I love each of them in their own way. That doesn’t mean that I’m in love with any of them, though. To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever been in love before. Have you?”“I thought I was in love with you when I first arrived at.