He would have liked to pick it up. But he needed to sit there and be good. It was hard to be good while listening to his mother scream out obscenities...while his best friend groaned and grunted in mindless rut. But he knew he had to. He had to sit there and be good.Hours later, the noise finally stopped. Dave blinked, realizing his mother was done playing with Jake. He didn’t feel like being good anymore...He grabbed the wishbone and sat back on the couch just as a Jake emerged from his mother’s. She knew that any attempt to say nowould be thwarted by Phil's threatening voice. "All right, Jess, I'll see you later," Phil said. "Bye, dear," Jess replied as she heard Phil hang up the phone. Chapter 3 Jess spent the following week procuring everything that she would needfor Phil's party. She bought plates, cups, napkins, and flatware. Shemade several trips to the bank, and she spent several hours shopping. She busied herself during the days that immediately preceded the partyby preparing a. They had course work to do and were both training for a marathon so this extra week together would really help, so of course i said yes.When Nick arrived home i was pleasently supprised when he introduced his friend Adam. Adam was 19, very tall, athletic and very handsome young black guy. He also turned out to be a great house guest, very helpfull and polite even if i did catch him staring at my breast.Every day the boys would work in the spare room (where Adam was also sleeping)they would go. He slowly became her friend and she began to depend on him to be there for her. One thing that happened to Abigail was an amazing disinterest in food. Instead of spending evenings eating, she now sat at the computer, chatting with Cam and feeling herself tingling back to life. She found that smiling wasn’t as hurtful as before, that her laugh, though rusty, was still available. Cam was very careful with Abigail. He moved slowly, sensing that she was fragile and not like the usual women online..