I shook my head violently and opened my eyes. Mom was still sitting with her back to me and her hands around her knees. I shook my head again and laid...it back on the platform, closing my eyes once again.Time passed, but probably only a few minutes. Except for the occasional tweet of a bird, the forest was silent. I heard the silky rustle of Mom’s running suit and opened my eyes in time to catch her slipping the jacket off her right arm. She deposited it beside her pack and then leaned back. It was slightly sore."Andrew is a strong baby," said Jenny. "He's cute too." Do you think he'll be cute when he's older?" asked Liz."Well, I'm not sure," said Jenny. "He is a boy. But babies are cute."While all the girls were gathered round Liz and Andrew, James felt adesire to go to his room. The whole room had become too girly for hisliking. And with John reading the newspaper, he was feeling alone too."Ok, James has just headed upstairs," said Liz. "I'm thinking that hepresumes you're. Perhaps, I'm thinking, this explains why I've already had three boyfriends since April and am now searching for another. It was naughty Rose who suggested that perhaps I like Carlo because I don't see him all that often, and that I'm secretly turned on by the fact that he takes other girls to his bed. And that I get, "...really fucking horny", as she put it, thinking about him having sex with other girls.10:30 The sex talk with Rose led us inexorably to her bed. It began, as it usually does. SWEAT GLISTENED ON HIS SMOOTH HEAD. SHE LICKED HER LIPS AS SHE HEARD AND FELT THE RUSH OF THE AIR CONDITIONER'S COLD BREATH BLOW UP FROM THE VENT AT HER FEET. PATTY WANTED TO TOUCH THAT HEAD. HIS POSITION MADE HER IMAGINE THINGS SHE SHOULDN'T BUT WANTED TO DO. IT WAS 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND 100 DEGREES BETWEEN HER MEATY THIGHS. THEN ALL BECAME QUIET AS SHE BECAME SWEET MELTED BUTTER IN THE HOT LEATHER CHAIR OF KYLE'S OFFICE. IN HER MOMENT OF SELFISH PLEASURE SHE GLOWED IN THE QUIET. THEN IT WAS.