" It's your money. I'm sure they'd appreciate some sign of appreciation." You're right."For all my complaining about their hick lifestyle, they really...are good people." I'm glad you've come to that realization." Oh, I think I've always known it. I just wouldn't admit it." You certainly turned out differently, if you had lived with them, instead of me." Yeah. I would have spent most of the time in and out of juvenile hall."Heather cut into the chocolate cake, that she'd bought at a neighborhood. Then, as they finished the last of the wine, Joan laid her head on Bill's shoulder and settled in to watch a movie that had just started on TV.With his left arm around Joan's shoulders, Bill gently pulled her toward him and tried to kiss her cheek.This time, however, Joan resisted, briefly. She turned her head to face him. Instead of the playful peck on the cheek they usually shared, she gave him a passionate, lip to lip, tongue darting, open mouth, extended lip lock.As they breathlessly broke. We both know she has... needs." I had them too, but unlike her, I didn't have a predatory working environment. "Like you said, in private between consenting adults is no big deal. You will not pressure her, or allow anybody else to pressure her, to do anything she doesn't want to do." Frankly, that seemed unlikely, but I was covering all the bases."And if anybody pays you, or anybody else, to be with Jenny, you will make sure every penny of that gets to her. She is not a whore, and you are not. AGAIN.AHA! she finally found a movie she liked, "War of the Worlds (the new version)." She sat back and began to drift off. "You know," she thought to herself, "I guess no one on this planet would ever date me, unless i gagged and bound 'em first hehehe; maybe tomorrow I'll......"She was cut off suddenly by a loud rumbling, like an earthquake, but there are no earthquakes here...EVER. Whatever it was, it came from over the hills."Oh well," she thought, "guess it's nothing." And resumed watching.