While Meg, Kaylee and I cleaned up from lunch I explained to Raymond that in addition to running a nudist household we also have an open door policy r...garding sex, since we don’t consider sex dirty in any way so there’s no need for secrecy or privacy unless someone wants it for some reason. That means, I explained, that he and Carter were free to have sex in any room, or outside by the pool, and that we might be around and if anyone wants to watch, be watched, wants to watch TV while people are. ‘Where are the ladies? Out getting breakfast I hope.’ Jeremy asked, sitting in the chair across from Tucker. ‘They’re gone Jer.’ ‘Gone?’ ‘All their stuff… it’s gone… I tried the number they gave us, it’s says it’s not a working number.’ ‘So they just left, without saying anything…nothing?’ Jeremy asked not quit believing it. ‘Go check for yourself, all their clothes, luggage…gone.’ Tucker said in a monotone. ‘They must have snuck out while we were asleep, I can’t believe we didn’t hear. We were going to help them move things around and get settled, then hang out some. They were going to stay Friday night, then after a pool party at the house of a good friend of mine, they would head back sometime Saturday evening, or maybe stay with us. We were both looking forward to getting to talk directly.At first we were just chatting, and Gwen told me she’d had a few beers already since she wasn’t working the next day. I did have to work, but I was having my normal two beers as well.. The fears I'd had at the dance had borne fruit; my buoyant mood was gone."What's up, Robinson," Bobby asked as he sat down across from me."Well, you're in a good mood, Bobby." As it should be," Betty Lou smiled and sat down next to Bobby. "Santa was good to Bobby," she said with a wink."Oh, yeah," he said, beaming.The happy mood was pretty contagious as the rest of the gang wandered in and began the usual chatter. I looked over Betty Lou's head toward Missy, Gail and Jackie. Missy had her back.