Not ever... EVER!”“Cross my heart,” I crossed myself. “We’re Sisters, right?”She nodded.“Sisters!”*I went downstairs feeling guilty as...well as queasy and made us both mugs of strong black coffee. Then the two of us cleaned away every last trace of our nocturnal visitors from the house before getting bathed and dressed.There were small bruises on my hips and buttocks, my vulva was red raw and the hot soapy water stung me badly as I stepped into the bath but it was a discomfort I was happy to. People could jolly well think ahead on their needs. The man just sort of zoned out of her attention. Her gaze had been arrested by an elderly women with scraggly gray hair and in what looked like an overcoat over a nightgown and scruffy slippers wandering around in aisle two. When Nancy looked back across the cash register, the man looking for the chocolate coins was gone, to be replaced by a weary-looking young woman with a baby in her arms and a fat toddler pulling at her leg. The woman had. The ladies had a surprised look on their faces and I told them that dad insisted on fixing dinner tonight so it was all his doing. He dished each plate of food and set it before us and then sat down with his own. The ribs melted in your mouth and Helen could not stop complimenting dad and he was loving every second of it. Helen said she could get used to this kind of cooking and sad said he could get used to having someone to cook for again. Babs and I said we would clean up while the two of. "Mary broke out into a frantic giggle and countered, "Gee, I wonder what those plans are!" After a few seconds, she calmed down and added, "No... I'm not hungry yet. I got a bite to eat on my three o'clock break. I'm fine for now." She paused and finished by saying, "I ate early, because I knew you guys would have some... plans, for me."Kevin smiled as he stepped into the garage, only then to close the distance between himself and Mary. Nestling up to her, he slipped his arm around her waist.