’ ‘Back out?’ I snorted. ‘Of course not. I’m delighted Julia accepted me.’ Julia hugged me. ‘And I want him.’ ‘We rather thought you...did,’ Bob said. ‘which brings me on to more about the proposed show.’ ‘Did anyone else succeed?’ Julia interrupted. ‘No. You two are the only ones who made it through. The only ones who even got past Fire. Everyone else cut their losses after a couple of steps. Why should they risk something so dangerous when they had no idea whether the potential reward was worth. "No. I don't bring boys home anymore." Imagine my surprise. Wayne, I feel I should walk over there and knock you out too because you're ruining my completing the whole set, haha. I'm joking, of course, I'd never attack anyone; I'll only defend myself. -- "I can't believe how STUPID your family is. I don't even have to vary my technique! I knock them out one after the other in exactly the same way. You live in an unbelievably stupid and violent family. To be serious now though, I'm going to. I did have a choice and I chose to be an asshole; I fucked over a lot of people and for what? Just to make some easy credits...”After thinking about that for a moment, the brunette said in a hushed voice, “Do you remember what you told me? That I was nobody’s whore, not anymore ... That I could be whatever I wanted to be.”He looked up at her pretty face and brushed his fingers through her soft brown hair. “Yeah, I remember ... and it’s true. You’re free of all that now, you’ve got some credits. The end of July, they took their driving tests and passed. They were happy to each have a license. I got them a nice used compact car in August. Insurance was expensive, but now they could go out somewhere by themselves if they needed to.In September, the girls started their senior year of high school in the home school program. The vegetables in the garden were mostly ripe and had been picked. The girls were ready to start putting in winter plants. I had bought a medium size rotor-tiller for.