I grinned back at her. She kissed me quickly on the lips, then walked away, smiling.I went downstairs, a bit in awe, to find Whitney, one of my stepmo...hers, reading a pamphlet.“Are you considering going to the Patriarch Academy?” she asked me curiously, holding up the pamphlet. Prior to her marriage to Dad, Whitney had taught high school English, and had taken a lot of interest in the academic lives of her children and stepchildren.“I guess so. I mean, most kids are trained up by their fathers. “wow, slow down, I`m a woman not a doll!” he blushed, rolled from her to lay beside her, facing her on her left side, “now look, I might be an actress for your uncle, and you may have been able to just take me last time we met, but the world out there is not like that, a woman needs to be gently wooed, eased into sex, gently stripped of her clothes, not taken like a possession…!” he nodded then very respectfully, his voice hardly a whisper he said he was “sorry” and that “he had got carried. "Good, it's just the first change," she stated.I wondered what she meant, but she ushered me to the kitchen before I could say anything. In there, she had prepared a delightful dinner of beef, beans, and chicken in tortilla shells. They were extremely tasty and well prepared. I felt just a bit funny after eating them, though. Gas I decided. I went upstairs to get some Tums. Downstairs, Carrie quietly giggled as her plan was going into effect.I found the Tums and looked in the mirror. I am sure. I'm sure it had something to do with what they were playing, but it was a genuine affection among them. The kids were fine."I'll try to be back when Dor is ready to deliver again. Take care of the family."I stayed in the chair most of the evening, but every so often I had to get up and go check on Dani and Xan. They were resting, but not always asleep. Just checking on them made me more comfortable. Of course, there was always at least one member of the clan or family with them. I made sure to.