Even though Chase knew Sam hadn’t left the house, he could never find her, so had to make himself content with the knowledge that Sam would be back ...oon. Chase was finding it harder and harder to be without her company though and this disturbed him. To be honest, without Sam’s company, Chase would have packed up and left after the third day. Emily and Parker were absolute pains in the ass, always talking to Chase about absolute crap that he didn’t need or want to know about. Emily was an empty. But this time it was different. This time, in my current unemployed state, I decided to sew a pair of shorts for my male self. Somehow all of my good shorts had disappeared in the various moving adventures of the past year, and I was in no position to buy some new ones for the very hot weather we were having. Besides, it's the end of August now and the stores think it's winter; they're full of flannel shirts and such.Things went smoothly at first; I rummaged in the many drawers of fabric and. Thank god I practiced my Kegels.I lit some candles to fill the room with a soft, lavender scent and obscure the aroma of passion. I was just fluffing the pillow on the massage bed, my heart beating with excitement, when the door flung open.“Here she is,” Lee announced, her cheeks even redder than before. Her hands rubbed her stomach as she grinned at me. “Zoey will take care of you.”“Come on, honey,” Olivia said as she guided in a slender girl in a tank top and shorts. The girl was fourteen or. , “ I started to say, but was interrupted by one of the reporters on the lawn.“Excuse me for interrupting, Lisa Calderon from the Beacon, would you say that this new religion is Christian, pagan, or something else?” a chunky brunette with lovely curls interrupted me with such surprising politeness given the inherent rudeness of it all that I strongly suspected that her true motive was to flirt with me.“New Age is closest to the best description. We want to move society beyond the usual.