"No, Dan, I'm not getting tired of you. I love you, but... I have something I have to tell you. Sit down."She sat next to him on the couch and looked ...eep into his trusting brown eyes. For an instant, she decided to back down. What need was there for a confession? But she pushed herself. She didn't want there to be secrets between her and Dan, any more than there had to be."So I'm sitting down. What's up?"Dan was nervous. She had tried to reassure him, but there was nothing very reassuring. ? She was wearing a cheap red see-throughplastic raincoat over a black nylon tracksuit, the pants tucked into red ankleboots with stiletto heels ? a strange looking outfit and not the best footwearfor a woman walking with a cane. ?Take my coat and get me a beer,? she demanded.? She dropped her cane to the floor and I tookher raincoat and hung it in the hallway closet.?I had a few Heinekens in the fridge, so I got a couple out, took thecaps off, picked up a couple of glasses and went back into. ..Alliding: nautical term for contact between a moving object and a stationary object. Colliding: contact between two or more moving objects.There were saws in need of sharpening and the tools to do the job. Chisels, moulding molding planes, hammers, broken pulleys, a table saw that must have come from a place with an overhead jackshaft ... general crap and three sleeping bags that could have only been from the Second World War.Where does Daddy find this junk?The ripped mummy bags were wadded. They stopped kissing and turned their heads to look at her, still holding one another tightly."Why don't you kiss her too, Laura," Jane said, in a much huskier, breathless voice, registering the impact of their ravenous kiss. "Wouldn't you like to kiss Charise?" Yes."Laura released Jane from her embrace. Charise was right next to them. Laura barely had to move. She looked at the nervous girl, who now seemed more like a child than a young woman with an alluring, sexy body."Go on, Charise, let.