Joseph: Shouldn’t you say that after you put your boobs away?Noticing that she wasn’t covering her boobs anymore, she tried to cover them with one...of her hands. Sam took her down to the sofa. This time, mom didn’t try to get away.Joseph started stripping his upper body.“Dance for us like you did before,” he said chuckling with Joseph. I couldn’t understand what was going on there and when I was least expecting it, my mom started to undress! She was slowly taking off her leggings revealing her. . Initially, she had kept her eyes closed. Afraid to find out that the 'bad dream' theory would be falsified. But that ostrich tactic didn't help much; even through closed eyes, the bright morning sun woke her up like the day before, and was evidence enough in itself that she was not in her own bedroom at home. She stared blankly at the ceiling while the harsh truth sank in.At home, she also would never wake up THIS hungry. Indeed, Anna's belly made all kinds of funny noises. Last time she had. Her heart had been broken and then, slowly, the break had scarred over. On the outside, you couldn’t see the scars. She was ripe in the same sense that a piece of fruit gets ripe. It’s ready to be consumed, ready to become part of another organism’s life force.Harper, on the other hand, had all the appearance of a ripe apple or pear or whatever, but her flesh was harder, a little less sweet. I knew she would come of age beautifully, and that it would be soon, and I wanted to be around when that. Already she could feel the beating of her heart pick up irrationally as her slight claustrophobia washed over her.The elevator began to rise, but all too soon it stopped again and she heard the familiar chime that signaled that the doors would now be opening. She ran a hand over her gray business suit quickly to smooth down any wrinkles in the fabric.The doors opened and a man stepped inside. He looked rather handsome in his dark blue business suit and striped gray tie, his highly polished.