"Other than that, no. Just Sophia." Nothing before her?"Warren laughed. "Sophia took my virginity." Ah. I've never been in love with anyone, not like ...hat, but I've had lots of sex. It was very casual in the crowd I ran around with." Ah. Nope, never done that. Of course, since I've sworn off emotional entanglements to people not named Sophia, at least for now, casual encounters are the only way I'm gonna get any."Alexa laughed, "Warren, are you horny?"Warren got a rueful expression on his face.. “What?”“Why are you sorry? What’s changed?” Charlotte demanded. “What’s happened?”“I’m pregnant.”Whatever semblance of control Emma had left tumbled at this point. Her shoulders heaved as she sobbed quietly.“For fuck’s sake,” Charlotte muttered as she snatched up several tissues from the box by her bed. “It’s not that big a deal. You can get an abortion if you don’t want to keep it. You’re eighteen now so there’s no problem with your Mum needing to know.”Emma shook her head. “You don’t. “Lead the way.”I began swimming south, parallel to the bank. Soon I couldn’t see the beach because of a point of land that jutted from the bank. Just past that point was the old Sailing Club. There were a couple of dozen sailboats still tied up here. Most were rotting in the water. I had explored here before and toyed with the idea of teaching myself how to sail.I swam to one boat that I knew was safe. I climbed the ladder and turned to help Cassie out of the water. There was a locker where I. She was beautiful, smart, athletic, and popular. Our son was on that path as well, but we spoiled him every chance we had. He had the trediest clothes, and all the latest tech-gadgets.THE INCIDENTDespite all that we gave David he seemed to be distant, now that he was coming of age. I suppose that is normal for most young men of that age, to distance themselves from their parents, but this wasn't a normal circumstance. David began hanging out with the "wrong" k**s, and his grades slipped. .