"All right." He held her close. "Let's see if we can get some sleep."Early the next morning as Caroline fried bacon on their small stove and watched h...r angry husband slop water on the scorched door frame, she was sure she was pregnant. She would not tell anyone for more than two months, but in her heart she was sure. And the idea frightened her. I am sixteen, she thought, as she watched the meat curl, and I certainly don't know how to be a mother. She smiled. I don't even know how to be a wife. I hadn’t realised how much colder it would be than back home. The thick fog had caused us to turn on the car heating, and the cabin’s wood stove was off when we arrived. We were both feeling very chilly. I spent the first half hour stoking the fire to warm ourselves.“Let’s go to bed,” said Velda, “We can cuddle up to keep warm.”I wasn’t going to argue with that, and by her smile, I thought there was a good chance of some action.---We went into the bedroom and started to get ready for. .. 'She got up and walked naked to the window, stood looking across the city street and confessed softly into the glass. "I want to do things I used to tell my girlfriends were dirty, disgusting.' She turned to look at me, leaning against the window frame, her buttocks pressed against the glass. "Until that night we met, I would never stand naked in front of a window like this. I never have, this is the first time.'"Why are you doing it now?'"Because it makes me hot to think that someone can. . what’s your answer? Can you tell me?”I paused only for a second, and gave the only answer I could. “Yes, Riley. The answer is yes.”“Ohmygod Mark. Oh, thank you. Ohmygod.” She pulled the phone away from her face for a minute, and I could hear her excited voice in the background.She returned to the phone. “Daddy wants to know if we can come to your room. Is that OK?“Of course. See you in a few minutes.”“Bye, Mark.”As I hung up the phone, I pondered the amazing situation I found myself in -- a.