Actually, he was sobbing. The dam had finally broken and here he was, letting loose all the feelings he'd been dealing with over the last month. I sat...next to him on the foot of his bed and put my arm around his shoulder. I couldn't think of anything else I could do for Doug, except be there and offer support.It seemed like hours but it was probably only thirty minutes, when he finally gathered himself. He said, "My dad would have loved to visit Fenway Park. He loved my mom and they would talk. " Got one today."His mom grunted. "How's the job?"Kinny thought about saying, "I fucked an orc tonight. First I jerkedit off. Then it took me vaginally and anally. I felt every wart."Instead, he said, "It's a learning curve." It's not money for nothing?"Kinny laughed again. "No. Men on dating sims are asshats. Glad I'mnot gay."His mom looked at him and drank her coffee."Not even a little bit, Mom." I just remember, you know, the troubles when you were nine."Troubles that hadn't ended until he. WasI turned on by it? What was I thinking! I got to go and ah...check thefires,... ready for cooking! Yes, no... I needed to get these thoughtsout of my head as I started towards the fire. I can't think right now.Later that evening, when I was stoking the evening fire, I remembered aswe all were eating our hotdogs, beans and drinking our bug juice I lookedover at Daniel and he smiled at me. He mouthed to me 'you ok' I shook myhead yes gently and smiled. We hadn't said to much since our. Silence. Just the waves against the cliffs. She tentatively looked over the edge of the cliff. Below she saw the twisted body of Jay, the waves filtering around the outline of his bloodied corpse. She gently stood up and sighed loudly, before bursting into tears.“WHY WON’T YOU LET ME LEAVE? WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU?” She screamed at the ocean. As if on command, the waves grew less aggressive, reverting to a gentle lap against the sandy rockface. She sighed again, wiped the tears from her cheek.