Her eyes kept away from Joshua. Finally she stood and glanced at herself in the mirror. She looked great. The costume was very pretty. A series of dif...ering blues lapped up the costume like waves breaking on a shore. The material was soft and fine to the touch. There was real quality evident in this gift. "Thank you." "Come over here and thank me properly.' Debbie's eyes darted back to Joshua stood there calm and confident. Even in that towelling robe there was an aura of power and authority. "It would have been no big deal but it happened the last two times, I thought it was because I had a couple of beers or something and could not get it up but that was only the first time. I've never had trouble like that before."Ellie knew this was hard for Eric to talk about, probably harder than what it normally would have been. He was a little young for such difficulties but knew it could be stress or fear after the first time, it could be any number of things."Now you don't think there is a. Unfortunately, Connor wasn't although later I'm sure he'd wished he had been."What do the police say?" I asked."They said they'd kill her if we went to the police, so we haven't," Leanne sniffed but was calming down."They always do," I replied. "Is Magaoidh there?" She nodded. "Put him on." Sirrah?" Magaoidh looked calm and at ease; in a battle tested soldier that usually means he's wired hot and ready to go. "Mr. Camberge refused to call the authorities in on this." He made "Camberge" sound. Once again we were playing a local school that was highly regarded, a certain playoff contender. As always, it was another must win game. I was sitting in history class that morning listening to Ashley talk about Napoleon but my mind was miles away, thinking about tonight’s game. Even the short skirt Ashley was wearing had no effect on my concentration, although it was killing most of the other boys in the room. As class ended, I was gathering my books, placing them in my back pack when.