. a lot."David held his nephew for a long time. Marissa went to hug her auntie who had always been a mother figure to her. "I think you should marry h...m," she whispered to Regina.Regina cried more and held her niece who someday she might call "daughter." So what do you think about our folks possibly marrying?" Marissa asked Henry later that evening.They were in Marissa's room, naked in bed kissing and hugging all over each other. They left Regina and David alone to talk things over. Secretly,. Some bubble of wisdom had popped inside her head. She even looked older than five minutes earlier.She came over to me and put one hand to my cheek. "Thank you. Thank you a lot. You taught me more than you know." She leaned in and kissed my cheek in a nice way."One last thought?" I offered.Mary looked expectantly at me.I smiled and said, "Sex is never an emergency."I hugged the teen, and then she said goodbye and walked across the park and disappeared. I wondered if I'd have such clear advice. ?Since you are a guest , ? continued the masked stranger,? there are rules you have to follow, break them and risk punishment. Rule 1? Kristen’s mind drowned out the speaker. She was looking instead at Robert. Her head was spinning. What was he doing here? Why am I tied up? What do they want from me?She screamed at Robert through her gag, She shot him looks of anger and confusion. Robert’s expression didn’t change. The sound of the whip slicing through the air got her attention. The speaker. .. not like this.'"What's wrong, dude?" I asked genuinely concerned."Laurie broke up with me." James said in a monotone."Shut up!" I interrupted. "Really? Wow, I'm sorry man, what happened? What did she say? Is that where you were? Talking to her?" Yeah," James stated. "I was trying to get her to explain to me what was wrong. All I really remember is that she said that she didn't want to hurt me, because she liked me but that she didn't want to go out with me anymore." Wow, really." I replied.