“It's not what I want, dear, it's what you want. A boy being naked in front of his sister or another girl is nothing new in this world, it happens m...llions of times a day. It’s natural, it's normal and it is the way of the island.”I had to say something, “But he is my brother.”“And you are his sister, so what? It won't be the first time you've seen him with no clothes on, you two used to take baths and play together nude for your first seven or eight years. My brother and I used to swim here. Richie had wanted the power to himself, and he had trampled on that friendship to do it. Yet Jason also was guilty of doing nasty things to obtain the power for himself, so he felt he had no right to call Richie out on that.He looked at Frank. He wished he could explain some of this to Frank, but the kid would likely think him nuts."Well, I guess you know him better than I do," Frank said with a humorless smirk. "But I wouldn't want to be alone with him."Jason knew entirely too much about. I know you need your space, and I respect that. I’ll say my piece and then I’ll go.”My entry into the room had obviously taken Jill totally by surprise. One minute she was mid a wonderful and tender loving session with her boyfriend, then the next her husband was standing there ruining the mood and the moment. She looked at me in a way that would have shriveled me up if I’d not been so clear and determined about what I knew I needed to tell her.“Anything you want to say to me you can say in. Despite her slightly daring hair color, Kat had “suburbs” written all over her, as far as Lucy was concerned.“I’m not sure,” Kat answered honestly.“Well, I get off at 6,” said Lucy. “Why don’t you come back then, we’ll go get a drink?”“OK, ” said Kat, her heart suddenly beating rapidly. Something about Lucy really excited her, made her feel a little weak in the knees. She left the store as Lucy attended to the new customers.Feeling happily dazed and anxious, Kat walked around window shopping.