On a hill, a few kilometers further, some 18 year old kids from around the neighbourhood sat around a bonfire they created. As there was nothing much ...o do around here, the teens most of the time hung around together from their younger days up through puberty and into adulthood. As they had been together from their preteen days, the boys and girls always been mixed up together, though changes to either party’s bodies didn’t have gone unnoticed. Soon some of them started exploring together and. I promise.”“Yeah, you probably were a boy scout. And remember, some of those are for me. A keepsake of the first leg of my getaway. The first step toward freedom. Let me give you my number so you can send me some.”She gave me her number and we got dressed and settled back in the car and scrolled through the pics. She found a few she liked and I texted them to her and saved her number in the foolish hope that somehow our paths would cross again.She told me a little more of her story on the rest. The thing is I want to save it all for Jesse and maybe have his baby. If you're around it kind of spoils things for us. Okay? Mother has been acting real funny around us this morning." She sounded like she meant it so I agreed. Then I thought about what Sharon said about how her mother was acting "real funny" and wondered if maybe...When I hung up, Mom saw my sad face and asked me, "What happened? Is everything all right?" No, Sharon and Jesse just dumped me. Their dad beat them up and was. He’s kinda surprised by it. He thinks you’re jealous and maybe thinking about getting another wife yourself so you can be a daddy,” said Stacey.“God, I have to admit that he’s right on the one hand. I am jealous of him being the daddy to my, our, baby. I mean I am over the top jealous!” he said.“Well, it’s for the best, I mean him being the apparent daddy. Maybe someday it’ll be different, but for the near term it’s got to be the way it is, as you yourself have said. I know it’s hard for you,.