”Jocelyn laughed, “Relieved because the competition is dropping like flies and frustrated by your newfound celibacy?”“I’d say that’s a goo... analysis!” I grinned.“And how long is this going to last?”“The celibacy?”“Yes.”“Until it doesn’t,” I replied with a smile. “I’m not setting ANY timelines right now, except for graduating from WHTU.”“Dibs?” she said with a silly smile.“Did you already forget our talk last week?” I asked, slightly annoyed.“Jesus, Mik!”“Jos, can we PLEASE just be Mik and Jos?. We do not hint or flirt. We are not coquettish. I saw the way that my mother manipulated my father. I saw the way that women in our village manipulated their suitors. They often played one against the other, promising their charms to several while pursuing someone completely different. We do not do that.”“But Victoria and Genrico require subtlety,” Liala said, frowning slightly. “They are to be wed and raise a family. There is a sense of propriety that comes along with betrothal. It is the same. Nature ran its course. I headed for the downstairs bathroom. “Use the john upstairs,” instructed my father-in-law. “That one is broken.”I headed up the stairs and into the shared bath between the bedroom Tammy claimed as hers and the master bedroom. I closed the door, trying to be as quiet as possible. I did what I needed to do and washed my hands. As I stepped out of the bath, I was met my Tammy standing in the doorway of her bedroom. Her presence startled me. “I thought you were asleep,” I. She felt her cheeks flushing rapidly, he tugs the string of the blindfold down and kisses her forehead reassuringly, holding his little one in his arms, she feels the cuffs on her ankles loosen to her freedom. Instead of running away like she felt she should have, she leans closer into her new friends chest and feels a pressure lift from her center and an ecstatic feeling fill her from toes to head. He held her closer and savored the feeling of this delicate little girl unfolding herself.