”“Now why in the world would she think that?” Aunt Lisa asked.“Well because she walked in Ashley and me kissing, well Stephanie did.”Mom huf...ed. “Well it’s hard to confuse that with cheating. What the hell were you thinking!”“It was an accident, I thought she was Stephanie! I had a lot to drink.”“You seem fine to me,” mom said.I decided to avoid the earlier dispute I had with Stephanie. “The gravity of the situation woke me up, like a bunch of adrenaline or something.”“Randy I can’t believe. I screwed up. We should have had the meeting at their home. I didn't realize he was this bad. He seems to have gotten a lot worse since yesterday.Wilma Jackson patted her husband on the shoulder as Evie got in and put the Escalade into gear. The older woman caught Evie's eyes in the mirror. "I apologize again. I've never driven on mountain roads very much, and when I saw..." You don't have to apologize. My husband and I built the Retreat. When we started the project, this was a gravel driveway. . I'm not sure if I'm ready for that, Robert. I don't know if I can let you see my scars yet."Robert stopped his task and said, "Let me finish undoing them. I won't open the front of it unless you say I can." He took her silence as agreement, and slowly finished undoing the buttons. Carefully he slid his hand under the fabric, trying not to disturb it, and then leaned forward to begin kissing her neck.He slowly worked his way down to the top of her chest, kissing and nuzzling as he went, and. I didn’t get a chance to see much, since shortly after going through the front door, I was led down some stairs into a basement.I had been expecting a house style basement, but was surprised by what I saw. Under the house was more of what I would think of as a bunker complex, rather than a basement. The construction was as good as anything I had seen in the military, too.The stairs led into a hallway with several doors branching off of it. They led me to one of these doors, which they unlocked..