She was about to pull off Brian’s mouth, but in her mind, she vividly saw their kiss continuing, long, deep, and slow, a kiss like Carina had never ...xperienced. She wasn’t a virgin, but the guys she had been with had been as inexperienced and tentative as her, and she had never felt much of the excitement she heard her friends describe. She had a feeling that was about to change. The images in her head continued as some sort of unspeaking voice seemed to tell her that she should take off her. As we drove toward home, we gave each other a high-five. It would take a month or more to hear back, and we had done the best we could. We dumped our notebooks and anything else that had to do with school in the storage room closet and tried to enjoy the rest of our summer.We resumed our duties around the house, but being in school had sharpened our ability to concentrate. Cleaning and laundry took far less time than before, so we went to the lake almost every day. I called Eddie and told him. It only took the big heaters a few minutes the thermostats were shutting them down.Marcy had left us detailed instructions for opening up. The book we had initially started had been updated almost daily. The computers turned on, coffee made and water for hot chocolate. The money went into the cash register from a prepared money bag. The checks were carried to the bank every couple of days. The credit and debit card transactions were processed every night at closing. The cash was being held to. ’ She had noticed the slight limp and knew that it and the scars that marred his good looks were from an automobile accident. ‘No, I’ll be fine, but thanks for asking…’ he gave an almost shy smile and she watched as he followed his brother up the stairs. Now why the hell was she reacting so strongly to him? Marie followed her gaze and smiled. ‘Hmm, this should be interesting…’ ‘What do you mean…he’s just another one of the men daddy picked out…?’ ‘Ah, but I’ve been watching how you react to.