Now, Faith was completely unfettered.“Come sit with me,” instructed Jill. She went to the couch and sat at one end, patting the seat next to her. ...aith reluctantly moved to the couch and sat next to her mother. “Lie down. Rest your head in my lap. We need to talk.”Again, reluctantly, Faith did as she was told. Jill let her eyes roam down the girl’s body and then looked her in the eyes. “I know that you find this awkward; uncomfortable.”“Yes, Mom, I do.”“Try to relax,” Jill went on. She rested. Enemy rocket fire was no joke, even if their supplies of rockets had to be dwindling drastically by this point. It was a bluff, I was convinced of it, but it was a rather brazen and determined bluff at that. Some six thousand or so die-hard Klansmen held this part of the greater Winston-Salem metropolitan area, and they weren’t ready to give up the fight just yet. The upside of fighting the Klan, of course, was that these guys were too fucking stupid to remove their hoods yet. We could all see. Now mind you, it was 1956. It was a period of time which people were discovering new and different things. However, wasn’t that the way it is almost every year and decade? It is but to her and many, many others it was a new and enlightening experience she would never forget ever. “Yes?” she said in her quiet and reserved tone of voice. “I adored your smile,” he went on to say. “Your eyes, they light up your face,” he added. “Can I talk to you about that? I mean, like after work. I’ll buy dinner. ”Jessica laughed, “More pieces are falling into place. And how long did this little love affair go on?”“Less than two months. She was afraid that she’d fall in love with me. We’re still friends, though I haven’t talked to her in quite some time. We exchange Christmas cards, that kind of thing.”“And you’ve been carrying on with your next-door neighbor who’s fifteen?”“Yes. Since our mutual birthday last April.”“April? When’s your birthday?”“The 22nd. When’s yours?”“May 3rd. I’ll be.