Martin lost and I briefly wondered if he'd cheated by throwing away his decent cards. I decided it didn't matter as it was hardly a competitive game a...yway. Martin got rid of his t-shirt but was standing up again after the next hand to remove his jeans. The bulge under his boxer shorts was huge as he sat down next to Jane again. They put their hands on each other's thighs and gave each other a quick smile as I dealt the next hand of cards. Jane was our next loser and stood up to take her. I came to the party to cheer myself up, but it just made me more depressed.’ She felt safe talking into his chest rather than looking at him. ‘There are a lot of couples here,’ he commented. She looked up at him, thankful for his understanding, and glimpsed his concerned face again. ‘Fergus was very nice, but like all the others, he dropped me when I told him about my secret.’ She blushed, felt his arm tighten around her, and loved him for it. ‘I’ve never really managed to keep a boyfriend for. "Oh." She was breathing deeply now, and I noticed how much her breasts had grown since she was younger. The were round and about the size of a softball. Very pretty breasts that were now jiggling as she inhaled and exhaled."God, this feels weird," she said. "Being handcuffed and all." Just be glad you're not hogtied!" I laughed. She gave me a confused expression, so I explained how we'd use legchains and then connect the handcuffs to the legchains, and make someone 'hogtied.' Eileen's eyes got. Then, a few more minutes of quivering earth and a silence returned in which she could hear the buzzing of her own blood rushing through her ears. As if to make sure her senses were accurate, Mary sat a moment longer in the dust before rising.Since the quakes seemed to have spaces of time between them, Mary decided to use this interval of calmness to gather what she needed to survive out here in the open. The shack looked about to fall in upon itself. And in any case, she could not bear to stay.