Ich konnte diese Schuhkartons, die die Japaner Appartement nennen noch nie leiden. Irgendwie war man da nie wirklich allein. Sowas wie Privatsphäre s...hien es nie zu geben. Da waren mir die Internate lieber. Da hatte man ein Zimmer für sich und die anderen Mitbewohner waren im gleichen Alter wie man selber. Nur haben wir noch nie irgendwo lange genug gelebt, um wirklich gute Freundschaften aufzubauen.Diesmal sollte sich das aber zumindest für mich ändern, denn ich stand kurz vor den. First, let's have breakfast, then we will getyou dressed."We had a fast breakfast, then I took a shower. Kelly came in and shavedmy legs and underarms again. I started to put on a robe, but she saidthat I wouldn't need it. I walked out of the bathroom naked and Kellyled me to the bedroom. Where she started handing my new things to wear.My riding clothes as she called them.First, she handed me a black leather bustier. It was quite long withhooks in the front and ties in the back. There were. "That doesn't mean that they really want me to go live with them, or that I would go."Jessica looked up at me. She was blinking her eyes and it didn't take a rocket scientist to know she' been on the brink of crying."John, are ... will you be ok by yourself for a few minutes?" Theresa asked."I'm sure I will, why?" Jessica and I need to take a little drive." We do? Where are we going, Mom?" You'll see."I was glad when they came back. A few minutes turned out to be almost two hours. Although I. No, I only had to be around her on holidays, vacations, birthdays, and all the other important events in a person's life.When my graduation finally came, I eschewed the family tradition and bolted to the coast. If the family business was ever to be Hayes and Sons, my father would have to sprout another progeny, for I would not be part of it. I wanted to get as far away from my brother and Shelly, now his fiancé, as I possibly could.For the next three years I was a ghost as far as my immediate.