"I'mjust grabbing my smokes." She grabbed her purse and headed back towardsthe others."I'll be right back," I said to Daniel and then ran after Brenda... Icaught up to her in the next room. "Brenda, can we keep what you justsaw a secret? I don't want the others to know yet."She frowned. "You don't have to hide. If you two like each other it'scool. No one is going to give you grief and if they do then they're theones with the problem." Yeah, I'm just not ready yet," I said. "Please, will you do. The clearing in front of his house was filled with gravel to keep the worst of the weed out. Apart from a dirt road that led out of the clearing, five feet high grass surrounded the open area, while crooked trees grew behind the house, close to the swamp. It was a hot day again; 102 degrees in the shade, and the humidity was brutal. Several clouds lazily drifted by, but offered little relief from the sun.A half-collapsed barn to the left served as a workshop. Erik had enjoyed tinkering with. Mind you I couldn't blame him, if I had a girlfriend half as attractive as my mother I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off her either. Over the last eighteen years I had watched dad chasing mum around, naturally my early years held no real memory of this, but I'm sure it happened. As I had got older the pair of them had tried to be a little less obvious about their activities, but it is a little hard not to notice when you find them bent over the kitchen table or on the couch in the living. Sherry's taken care of me since momma and daddy died when I was a little ten—year-old brat. Yes it was awful back then, but we had each other. It could have been so much worse if Sherry was younger, or momma and daddy hadn't left us both trust funds to pay for everything.Yes, we managed just fine! Sherry put herself through college while making sure I did all my homework and all that other boring crap! I did my part too! Every day I got home from school, I did the laundry and made sure our.