"You are not going to change your mind are you?" No," she replied with a weary smile. "Don't worry. We can't stay even if we wanted to. Not if we are ...oing to be together."They walked on in silence until they were home.Once inside Erika took off her coat and placed it on the stand beside Elsa's."We have not talked about what happens on the other side," she said."Oh... well," Elsa stammered, "I just thought, well assumed, that you and I would be together. Is that not what you want?" She looked. It was just facing him and knowing that she had let him down.But that Friday, things would change. Alan went off to work as usual and after he had safely gone, Heather came out of her room timidly, making sure "the coast was clear." Martha was in the kitchen getting the breakfast dishes ready for the dishwasher when she saw her little mouse come around the corner. "Oh, there you are. Good, because I want to talk to you. Sit down honey," Martha said."Am I in trouble for something?" Heather. It had only gotten worse as she got older and developed even more. Cheryl knew Sammy used drugs, she even wondered if he had anything to do with his sister’s disappearance. She wouldn’t put it past the little bastard. She knew Sammy tried to spy on them when she spent nights at their house. He would try to catch them undressing; once Cheryl was sure she saw him peeking in his sister’s bedroom window when they were getting ready for bed.Cheryl had just taken off her top and bra; her breasts were. But they didn't know that I knew, right? So I had to playit cool. I had to act, to be the totally accepting casual acquaintancewho just learned something, but wasn't in any way offended, and yetstill had to say something in order to eliminate any possiblecomfortability for anyone."Well," I said, trying to find the words, "I mean, that's cool. Ofcourse. It's the twenty-first century, and all that!"They both smiled at me. I couldn't tell if there was anything I shouldbe inferring from that.