"I then asked curiously, "Who's Jon?" He lives next door," my dad said.I then said, "Ummm - - - ok, so tell, tell - - - tell me what the gossip is on ...im." My dad then began telling me things like, his wife had left him, and that he hasn't been going out at all, but only to go to work.My dad then said, "Mrs. Bragdon from across the street has been going there to see if he is okay."I then said jokingly, "Sure she has," with a laugh.Than my dad said, "What do you mean by that, Teagan?"Than I. "Hi mom ... did you have a nice time?"She nodded and then went straight to the frig to get the mango juice to pour herself a nice glass of it. As she sipped it, I didn't look at her."So how was your night?"I didn't know how to answer that, not right away. Images flashed in my head of how I'd spent it and my body still felt sore, my muscles tight and I knew I'd be spending some time in the spa later on. Anything to loosen them up because I knew I had made plans to go with Sheila to the jazz club. The other children had not seemed to be in any way bothered by the nakedness. She had explained how she had taken that child aside to talk to him but that she had not wanted to force the child to get dressed again as she did not want to undermine the parents' authority.She further explained that, after discussing the matter with the child's parents, she had decided to let things be for the moment and had even purchased some wading pools to help the kids stay cool. As she was fully aware that. "Well, she said yes, and her father granted leave, we're to be married!" said Dannel excitedly.Milly was a pretty girl, two years younger than Dannel's eighteen summers, but that was a fair normal age for a girl to promise herself to marriage, though usually they waited until seventeen or eighteen to actually wed. His brother was now officially engaged, and by Westron custom, he was now expected to be faithful to his soon-to-be bride, just as she was to him.The people of the Western Realms were.