Is that right?" James, you know we all adore you. Sam was so happy with you. You were a joy to her. And yes, I'm open about sex. I know you're Mandy's...lover now. But I want to get to know her better. Is that cool with you? Is she free to be who she wants to be?" We're all free here, Beth. Believe that. You don't know how free we really are." I laughed. "Do you want to see how free we really are Beth? Mandy, come here roommate. I want to give you your birthday present. I know you're going to. She tried to distract her mind. It certainly was a lovely day. But then, it was nearly always beautiful on the town. The street looked especially pretty, neat, clean, and well kept. Of course, all of the streets were that way. She remembered her first impression of this town; it had seemed like an enchanted haven. They were like so many other couples who had ended up in Delaware seeking asylum from a world where survival itself had become problematic. They had come to improve their lives. Her. "I've never kissed another girl," Shavon whispered."You do it well," Laura whispered back, kissing her again.Shavon's hand had ended up partly under the bottom of Laura's pajama top, her fingers touching the skin of Laura's back. She slid her hand up until it was completely pressed against the bare skin. In their playful tussle, the first button of her pajama top had come open. Laura kissed her throat, and the smooth black upper skin of her chest.Her lips dropped further, kissing where the. The flashback started from the newborn Minu as she grew up with every passing year, to the present when I watched her in that horrific condition at my door. The final memory was of Minu holding my razor blade in her hand,“Minu!”I shouted as I rushed inside. Fortunately, she did nothing to harm her. She was simply sitting with that towel wrapped around her recently cleaned body.I knew what I had to do. I didn’t have the courage to initiate. So instead, I paced back and forth in the bedroom in.