He blocked the sidewalk as I walked home from my bus stop. I was, only sixteen, Asian, he five years older, white.He’s the first man I kissed.Engag...d with parent’s acquiescence on my seventeenth birthday, I gave my underage marriage consent, for security, to escape a dysfunctional family, because I didn't know how to say no. Engaged, he assumed control, ensured my virginity on the altar. A year later, we married, I just turned eighteen, he twenty-three. I’ve never known another man. Now. I meant to mention before that you both look wonderful. I’m proud to be the guy who gets to escort you into the restaurant.”They did look good, each in her own way. Lizzie was wearing a nice dress with a low cut neckline that showed some cleavage and Emily was wearing a short skirt and a t-shirt that was tight across her barely pubescent chest.Jake walked them out to his car, opened the doors, and handed both Lizzie and Emily into their seats.“Jake, do you make it a habit of doing things like. It seemed to unhinge certain people when I held my own confident thoughts.Dr. Malt was the woman who had sneaked information about me in Medical. I wasn't surprised to see her on the panel, she hadn't been happy with the captain denying her more medical information about me. In the bright lights of the conference room, the woman looked even older than I remembered. Hard lines cracked deeply from the corners of her eyes when her brows narrowed. "Definitely in her fifties, " I thought, distracted. Now to get dressed and be at the truck compound before he got in off the road.When Will finally made it to the company parking lot where the trucks were left, he was done an hour late. Generally, this did not bother him but tonight all the stress of the past two weeks had made him wound tighter than a two-dollar watch. It was his birthday and his girlfriend had planned something special planned. However, it was probably ruined because of his delay. He knew she understood but this still did not.