A day after Jim returned, Rupert phoned. Jim and he had a short conversation. The next day Jim went to New York City. He returned shortly after two PM... Amelia watched him intently. He was Jim, relaxed as ever. It was driving her crazy. Finally, she blurted out, ‘Well, damn it, you know I want to know the details?’ Jim threw his head back as he laughed. ‘Emily and Rupert will be my house guests tomorrow afternoon, evening, and through the next night. Rupert and I are going to go fishing.’ ‘My. Fred laughed. “Exactly.”“Sounds like my kind of place,” I told him, waving at the bartender for another round. Fred had already said to put my drinks on his check, so I wasn’t about to pass up another free cocktail.“Really? Pardon, but you don’t seem like, uh, umm...”“I don’t seem like I want to fuck a lot?” I loved seeing the mix of shock and arousal in men’s faces when I was bluntly honest.“Well, I don’t know, really, you just seem ... young, I guess.”“I get that a lot.”“I bet you do. That’s. I came here becauseof Silver Blood, too."We all stared at one another for a moment, the silence pregnant withanticipation, then Jillian started laughing. "Shaun is right! This isgoing to work out just fine!"We talked for hours, all of us pouring our history out to each other.They had met in high school and discovered each other in a more personalway. I told them about my legacy and Dracula and how I happened to bethere as a girl.* * *We got into my Dodge Charger and went shopping for groceries. He wasn't about to complain though. Then, when Amy told him of her plan to have him and Thomas at the same time, he almost threw her on the floor and raped her. This was beyond anything he had dreamed. However, he wasn't certain that Thomas would go along.Amy asked John to talk to Thomas and see if he was willing.John called Thomas the next day and invited him to lunch. When they met at their favorite pub, Thomas seemed a little shy. John knew how he felt. He and John hadn't talked since.