I remembered what had happened the last weembraced all those years ago. She and her friend Charlotte tied me tothe bed and forced me to engage in tra...sbian sex.I felt the beautiful soft butterfly of Carmel's breath as she exhaledsweetly in my ear."Remember what happened the last time we hugged in this workroom; godit's hard to imagine that was sixteen years ago!" she whispered.I raised my head and looked into her heavily made-up eyes; and looked ather red lipsticked lips and my hand reached up. They’ll be here in an hour. So I want you to be your regular happy self before they come.”I knew it. My parents would never leave me alone on my birthday. But I wanted something else that day. The gift of adulthood. The gift of losing my virginity. Sadly that was not going to happen anymore. She continued to speak,“Gaurav, I can’t give you what you want. How about a kiss….”“I’m not a child. I don’t thi-““…on the lips,” she spoke with complete seriousness.Our eyes were locked as there was. "I said, "There is one more thing I would like to say. My heart goes out to the families of all these children. I do hope those children who were spared got a larger than usual hug last night. My prayers are for the families of those children who will never be able to hug their kids again."The cameras were gone when Mrs. West said, "That was beautiful Sheriff." Mrs West, that was how I felt. It wasn't politics. It was just the easiest way to remind all the parents in the county to hug their. John put his right arm around mom’s neck. He came forward towards her to kiss. Dad coughed signaling that we were there to his boss.“Ok boys you go get some sleep, we are going to discuss something that you guys shouldn’t hear,” John said.We went to our rooms. Next morning we woke up late. Mom and dad were already eating breakfast. Mom was angry. We too joined them for breakfast.“How dare you lend me to someone else?” Mom said.“Honey, please. I needed this promotion so that I could spend more.