About five that evening, Suzanne sent me a text that said some of the kids were arriving and based on what she saw, if I hadn’t done so already, I s...ould take a Viagra. After that text, it was impossible to focus on work. I told the team we were done and headed back to the house. I arrived shortly after seven and there were a couple cars in the driveway, so I parked on the street and walked in the front door and down the short hall to the kitchen and family room.The party had definitely. The man behind the desk wasn't as old as she'd expected. He was in his early fifties, perhaps, starting to go bald and not caring about it.Somehow, that made him all the more attractive to her. It accentuated his masculinity. The hard eyes told her this wasn't a man to fool around with. He had gotten to the top by clawing and fighting and yet there was something about him that attracted her greatly."I'm Velvet Larkin," she started. He cut her off."I know. The sexpot on the evening news. So?" So. " Yes way."He sighed. "Are you sure?" I took four pregnancy tests."Abel looked uncomfortable. "Hmmm I guess that would explain the dreams I've been having."I glared at my brother. "Dreams?" Yeah I've been dreaming about baby clothes," he laughed nervously. "At first I thought maybe I'd knocked Heidi up but I guess I'd been dreaming about it because you were the one that was knocked up." Yeah ... I guess so," I felt myself trying to stop myself from crying."Abel hugged me and held me tight. "Did. By accepting these rules you are agreeing to them and torelinquish control to me for the time that you are here. Do you understandthese rules; you may speak to answer me."Crystal took a deep breath,"I understand" She knew that those words were the onlyexternal sign of her crossing the line from the safety and security of fantasyinto the real and uncertain world of reality."While you are here, you are going to experience many things; you arenot a prisoner and are free to leave at any time. Your.