It was the third week of March, when on a Friday night, I heard people next door in the vacant house, not so loud as to be a nuisance, just enough sou...d that I knew the house was now occupied.Then, the next morning, I went out to have a swim, there was a privacy fence around my backyard, and dove into the pool and swam around for a while enjoying the cool water.I was just about to get out when a head popped up over the fence, a young female head covered with blond curls, to ask, "Would you mind. ‘Stop.’ ‘What?’ She asked, looking up at him playfully. ‘Am I emasculating you?’ ‘You’ll regret this.’ He warned. ‘What if I pinned you down?’ She asked, climbing onto him. ‘Would you be embarrassed?’ He raised his eyebrows at her, looking up into her eyes. He kissed her chastely before flipping them over, causing her to squeal. ‘Jasper!’ She pouted, struggling from under his grip. ‘You couldn’t have let me win?’ They wrestled around on his bed for a couple of minutes. Her laughter was. He secured it with a drawstring and placed it in a mug. He dipped the mug in the pan of near-boiling water. Once he had enough, he set it aside to steep for a few minutes. From another bag, he pulled out a handful of dried, cooked oats. These he added to the water, then some sweet root and a pinch of salt. He moved the pot away from the fire to let the oats soak for a few minutes as well. Next, he pulled out a loaf of bread that he needed to finish soon or it would go bad. He cut several slices. Damn, now I knew what Mom felt like when Tami and I talked about being in love.Still, I could do worse for a brother-in-law. Peter was good people. And that'd make Kelly and Mikee sisters-in-law, or sisters-in-law once removed. I wasn't sure. And Alana. I'd be related to Alana. Since she was a goddess, I wondered what that made me. Out of luck, probably. Alana had decided not to go back to school, at least not this year, and was in New Zealand doing a lingerie photo spread for Vogue. I made a.