I said “but not having ajith half of time with you should be very difficult at times “, she said “yes but with kids around just have to manage v...ry limited choice “,I started to make my moves and asked her “it should be very difficult for you “. She said yeah it is, but let us discuss something else. I told ok sure and we finished our lunch.I finally poured out what was in my mind & said “ it is all about love and sex baby, get that and be happy “, she did not reply and kept quiet.Deep down in. “You okay?” The unspoken question was why she declined to link.Frida leaned low and kissed the back of his head just above his neck. “When I was a girl, my parents taught me never to dance on other people’s graves, and that’s what my soul is doing right now. I’m too ashamed to let you see my mind like this.”“Uh ... What?”“I see you haven’t noticed yet. The census counter dropped again about twenty minutes ago. That’s the third drop of two today. It’s now reading 009:085.”Frida’s point hit Mark. After lunch we will have a class on how to deal with menand then some free time back in our rooms with our girlfriends beforehaving dinner with our families.I kept poking and pulling at my bra straps. Joan was making faces at meto stop. I whispered to her saying it was hurting. She said, "By now youshould be used to wearing a bra. Maybe it is too small. We will measureyou back up in the room."We all hugged and went back to our rooms to get ready for our socialclass.Back in the room Joan said. ” Jason whispered to himself as he stood on the stairs looking down at the three kneeling women waiting for him. Just as it had been with Emma, they didn’t appear to react to his presence apart from simply holding out one hand outstretched upon which rested their Silver Ring. Jason felt the weight of Emma’s band in his pocket and took a deep fortifying breath; he didn’t feel nearly ready to be dealing with something as huge as this. Only a handful of hours earlier all that had been in his head.