When she crawled out of the shelter again she was still embarrassed that he had seen her almost totally naked. When she walked up to where Ron was he ...aw that her face was still red."I didn't see a thing, honest," he smiled, "Seriously Brenda, we have to be best friends if we expect to get out of this. I promise that I am not going to make any moves on you or try anything funny. We need each other a lot or we're not going to make it. Now take this beef stew that I made and eat as much as you. The photographer stifled a laugh, but throughout the rest of the photo studio you could hear the teenaged girls working the counter laughing heartily.Finally, we headed home. At home, Daddy took off my coat and mittens and exclaimed over how nice my tattoos and piercings were, kissing me on the lips several times. He carried me into living room and placed me in a playpen with my new dolly. He sat and lit one of his More cigarettes. It was then that I noticed the man on the floor next to Daddy.. Still, the whispered comments from my friends, pointed questions about her activities, the anonymous emails. They all can be explained away ... can't they? It just could not be true.Shock-Those are HER in the email picture attachments! I am emotionally stunned, as if hit by a pole ax. If the dates are correct this goes back weeks, months! It feels like my heart has stopped beating, and I am unable to breath. Why would she do such a thing to me ... to us ... to our family!Denial-Ok it is not. ’ ‘You won’t. Mary will want an update. She gave me a key so that I could let myself back in last night. Since I didn’t use it she knows I’ve been with Malcolm. She loves you. She’ll want to know how we got on.’ Iolanthe kissed me again. ‘Go! I’ll make myself some more coffee while I wait.’ Iolanthe was right. The other Mary greeted me enthusiastically, hugging and kissing me with her husband Alan’s tacit consent. She wanted to be sure that Iolanthe had been happy with me, but not the details..