I didn’t even know if he was interested and already I was thinkin’ thoughts. I couldn’t help it. He was a beaut bloke.We talked some more, just ...eneral chat.It was hot, lyin’ still in the sun. “I’m cookin’,” said Mattie, leverin’ himself up from his towel. “I’m goin’ in for a quickie.”“A quickie, huh?” I replied. “I’ll come with you.”He gave me a sharp look then laughed. “Puns are us, huh?”Damn. Mustn’t make risqué jokes.The water was chilly. We dived into the first big wave comin’ in and it. " Then a live daughter it will be."I turned at this, and saw my mom and dad standing in the doorway."You ... heard that?" I said, and my eyes began to tear up."We followed the two of you. For obvious reasons, we wanted to hear whyyou would do this." I'm sorry Mom and Dad ..." Well, you should be. If you've been feeling like this, why didn't youcome to us? Do we strike you as monsters that you didn't trust us? Dadasked."How could I say I've always felt like a girl, Dad. How could Idisappoint. "Eddy and Tom spread the warning about Jake Simpson around town as they did their other business and pretty soon every bartender was on the lookout for Simpson. If Simpson came to Sacramento, they would know it.Cheating at cards was a hanging offense in Sacramento, as it was in most of California, so Jake Simpson was a dead man if he tried it in Eddy's neighborhood. Around three weeks later, the swamper from The Glass Slipper Saloon rushed in to tell Eddy that a man claiming to be Jake Simpson. We were both quickly finding out that just having time with each other in his parents' home and in his bedroom wasn't getting it for us.Bill and I went out on Friday evening and then we went back to his mom and dad's and soon enough we were making our excuses and heading for his bedroom. One thing both Bill and I knew was that the hotness of having sex with each other made us both want to moan and carry on but we knew we couldn't do that with his folks just down the hallway. After I'd given.