”“Anything for you, Uncle James.”I leaned in and gave him a kiss too, staying a little longer and using a little more passion than expected, jus... to tease him.As was normal for our kin, they both started taking off their clothing immediately and dumping them on the chair by the front door.My heart skipped a beat every time Will took off his shirt. He was thickly furred all over his arms, back, chest, and belly, and his long beard just disappeared into that forest of chest hair so you weren’t. Going down her normal route, she saw that her normal route was blocked off for construction. "Great," she said. She'd have to go through the alleyway, with all the drunks and homeless people. She was wearing her favorite black sweater, and now it was going to get ruined.She turned to her left into the alleyway, where it was cold and damp. She walked as fast as she could in her heeled shoes, but still a couple of drunkards saw her and said nasty things. She was stopped suddenly when somebody. It was a heady thing, being a part of the couple’s first house.The second closing went just as well. The couple was expecting a new baby, and they were looking forward to a house with three bedrooms. The wife even commented on the clever arrangement of the linen closet—it was one of the major reasons they bought the house. I wanted to take credit, but it had been Professor Joska’s idea, so I silently thanked him instead.We took a break for lunch and returned for the closing on the Colonial. She'd betrayed me, of course, and I gave her a withering look, but beyond that there was little else I could do."Lise ... Wake up now," Ingrid whispered, sitting on my bed and patting my hand. "The doctor is here." Get away!" I breathed, jerking away from her wrinkled fingers.They'd come for my baby in the middle of the night, the way thugs and criminals do. Two strong men to hold me down and the doctor to cure me of my indiscretion. My father stood in the doorway, a shadow of a man with the.