I was a little drunk and happy to lay on top of the bed. It was probably two hours later when I heard Emma get up. She came into my room half asleep a...d asked me for water. I got up and went downstairs to get her a glass. When I returned, she was in my bed. She had taken off the robe I had given her and was sound asleep. I left the glass of water on the side table and got in next to her. I lay there watching her for a while. She woke for a moment and asked me to turn the light out. I could. When I first met you, I was scared to death. I just wanted to take your little girl to a party. Now ... I truly feel you are like a second father to me," I said. "I couldn't be happier that you are moving down here." Well, the feeling is mutual. It might surprise you, but when I met you, I was scared of you, too," he said thoughtfully. The first three lots that would be developed would include a new home for John and Bea. Marshall and Martha would have the first one. Dinita Kimes was planning. Eventually even Eve asked, "Adam, how come you never have your friends spend the night anymore?" Oh, I dunno. I guess 'cause I've become too popular. All the guys want to be my friend and sleep over. Because everyone knows that means they'll get to bone my sister the slut."Eve tossed her hair and walked away down the hall to her room. "Oh, grow up--whatever."Why we were named Adam and Eve was beyond me. Though I was fairly--and rather frustratingly--innocent, my younger sister was anything but.. . Anyone who heard her wailing like some sort of pitiful tortured beast could have felt her pain. She cried as if her heart had been torn still beating from her chest. All I wanted was to help my best friend through that pain." She looked at me and shook her head."And you... " she said. "So strong, even then. You never shed a single God Damned tear. It looked for all the world as if you just didn't care. You weren't the one who seemed to need help. You went on about your business like none of.