”“But if she won’t talk to me or meet me, I’m not likely to find out very soon, am I?”“Don’t lose heart, brother of mine, I think things...may still work out well.”I envied her optimism, but I’m afraid I did not share it. Not at all.I emailed Martin and texted Lizzie and asked her to phone me. When she did so, I told her the news and she took it well. I gave her Judith Connor’s address and asked her to try to reach Sally that way. She then surprised me.“Daddy, I don’t want to contact her any time. God!”“That was the very first thing I thought of when I went into that room a few days ago! But when you think about it, it was all kind of silly, us sneaking around like that. I was really embarrassed about every little thing I did back then.”“Yeah, me too! Remember when we biked drunk to Becky’s?”“That was so messed up! I barely remember that night. Did you fall off the bike, or was it me?”Julie chuckled. “I don’t know!”“Was that the night they came home early?”“I think so. That was so. “Sorry, guys. It was just too awesome,” she confessed her feelings.The action now stopped and Tricia hobbled over to the guest PC in the living room to post her tryst with her daughter. She was proud and excited to have bottomed for her flesh and blood. It was a definite first for both of them.“Wow, that was ... awesome. Who next, though?” I asked Sarah.“You, Dad. Truth or Dare?” Sarah asked me.She was more than ready to see what came next.“Dare!” I replied.I had edged enough as it was.“I dare. Jeff could absolutely afford a champagne budget, but he seemed to have beer tastes, even though he wasn't old enough to legally purchase beer, and I had never seen him drink it."You really know how to impress a girl," I said."This place is just a habit from my impoverished days as a young," he searched the right word, then shrugged, "nerd. The real reason is I know from experience that you can hear each other talk here, even when it's crowded." I should have realized my guy thinks everything.