I felt very secure in the relationship that was unfolding. I sensed that both Paul and Peter were more than friends. We shared a chemistry. We felt co...fortable revealing who we were without putting up false fronts. That struck me, and I realized was important to me. How import was to be revealed later. We continued to chitchat through breakfast, and it wasn’t until we had paid the bill, and were ready to move on to our respective classes that I felt the time to be right to say – ‘Oh by the way,. Now.’ She looked like a deer caught in the headlights as she followed him. ‘What?’ she asked, trying to act as if nothing had happened. ‘What?!’ Jacob almost screamed, ‘Lo, look at yourself. This isn’t the Lo I know. Please take it slow with him. I know, you’re young and in love or whatever. But you’ve still got raging hormones and I’ll be damned if he leaves here in two months and then nine months after that we’ve got a little Will or a little Logan on our hands.’ She stared at him. ‘We. What is that stuff?" he grumped."It's Mom's pubic hair." What?" Danny was now fully awake. "Are you shittin' me?"In answer Heather held up a plastic sandwich bag with small dark hair clippings at the bottom. "Don't waste it," he urged. "Can I have it? How did you get it?" He quickly got a rundown of the previous day's events up to the time their father came home from entertaining his client. "I'm impressed," he said with admiration when Heather finished. She had accomplished things Danny had. The little gold crucifix, at precisely the right position, the curve of her belly below her navel, the seductive line of her pubis. Instead of removing the veil, he dropped to one knee, and the assembled crowd saw him suddenly put his hands to his face as a torrent of tears overtook him. He fell against the steps, sobbing bitterly.Yuri became aware of a movement, and lifted a hand from his face. Who would dare! But a flash of gold in his vision sent a shock through his body like ice. He looked.