"Esme Entwistle." They turned hearing Juwan's voice ringing out acrossthe shop.She raised her arm a little, it was shaking."I've got a call for you, ...ut back." She looked at Sal, he clearlywasn't buying it."C-can you take a message?" Her voice quiet. Juwan looked at her, shewished she could convey the complexity of the situation in just a look.Then he shrugged."Nice," Sal spoke quietly. "I'm glad you have people looking out foryou. But, a call? Really? What are you, the only person without. I have been taking the pill for several years. So there is not a chance of me getting pregnant. On the other hand, I may want to change that later."Mom ... No, make that Mary laughed and said, "I'll bet you will be off the pill as soon as Billy graduates from college, if not sooner. I'm glad to hear that everybody is with the program. I know that there will be a lot of fucking going on around here as soon as Billy regains his ability to use his arms and legs properly. I expect my pills to be. The men both stepped back and waved for the other to enter first.Both men tried to wave off the offer, but finally the younger of the two men turned his back on the doorway. The gentleman who entered had snowy white hair. He walked in with a woman of perhaps forty years on his arm. The woman was wearing a sheer, but still opaque negligée."Don't worry Roxanne," he said. "I promise nothing will happen to you." But how can you protect me?" she asked."Remember the way the new laws were explained.. “And you’re my dad.”I pulled a face. “Always,” I said.Jemima walked towards me, all bare thighs and high heels. We were in the living room. It was her flat. I was staying for a few days. My eyes went to her legs when she sat down on the sofa next to me.“I’m a grown-up,” she said, a hand on my thigh.The furtive prickle turned to a thrill of something I recognised as desire when my daughter touched me. Of their own accord, my eyes went to her breasts, the rounded inner flanks drawing my focus..