The question is, how much can I trust you?’ His grip on her hand tightened, as if to reinforce the point. ‘You can,’ she whimpered. ‘Yes, I kn...w you will tell me that, Katherine. But then, in your position, you will tell me anything. So let’s establish the rules.’ She gulped, the dryness in her throat increasing as his grip tightened further. ‘First,’ he said with an eerie smile, ‘common sense tells me I should get Jimmy and Tommy to take care of you right now!’ Her pulse quickened and bile. I caught her smiling. The previous week we had been smiling at each other but hadn’t spoken anything other than me saying Thank You etc. Today I started making small talk. Where she lived, who was in her family etc. Turns out her husband is much older and an alcoholic. She has a couple of kids and has to earn a living because hubby is always drunk. Out talking continued while she worked. She got very friendly and lost all her shyness.Finally I decided to make my move. I told her that i had just. . "Okay... Anyway, the Paleo women have flooded the system for marriages. Even with all double marriages, there are five Hopewell and six Paleo girls in my class that aren't planning to marry within the class. We'll be dating men a few years older than we are, and each of us five Hopewell girls are also very interested in dating you. I guess what I'm trying to say is don't feel pressured to marry any of us, and we of course won't feel pressured to marry you... Mark, the detail of how we're. So Stacy shrugged, and both her and her sister got out of the water without saying a word."Watts, are you coming?" Jessica demanded.Julie shook her head, "I'm not done swimming. I can take care of myself."Jessica shook her head, "Suit yourself."As Jessica lead the two teenage girls away, James could hear Stacy complaining, "I don't see why we couldn't stay—we swam with him earlier today."James glanced at Julie and both of them burst into laughter together. For a while, the two of them laughed.