Her skin is warm and soft in contrast to mine. “Cold hands, warm heart,” she giggles. “Hahaha, very true!” I grin back with raised eyebrows ...nd a cheeky tone. “Michelle tells me that you are an avid racing fan? I’ve never been before. You could say I am a..erm…a race virgin,” she chuckles, taking every opportunity to touch me as she talks. Laughing at her response, I reply, “I love it and used to own a racehorse. I could show the ropes. Break you in, whatever you prefer.” We laugh with. She fiddled gingerly with her lip piercing and adjusted her sweater. She was nervous and she knew it. It had been so long since she had seen him but they had been texting constantly for the last few months and it was comfortable. She glanced around the museum again and then returned to gazing blindly, dead ahead. Suddenly a pair of arms snaked around her waist and a familiar voice murmured, “You won’t find me looking down there.” She leaned back against his warm, solid chest, breathing in the. “Oh, it’s so hot and wet,” Paul muttered. “It feels wonderful. Even if I die tomorrow this moment is true paradise.”Looking back on this moment it was rape. I had said “no” more than once but if it had gone to court I would still have been the guilty party. I had executed an illegal bestial act in front of him. I had willingly given a blow job to two of my sons. And I had not tried to fight him off. I had stayed in the same position as I had for the dog. I had not appealed to my other two sons. Then, she burst into tears and hugged him fiercely. After a moment, she pulled him over toward Darlene and enfolded both of them in a hug.When she stepped back and wiped at her eyes, she said "Those other guys are toast tonight. I gotta go join the team to watch the first game. Sorry."Cal and Darlene both knew what the coach's expectations were, so they did not feel slighted.The inability to evaluate a team's improvement when doing the seedings was evident that night. The opponents truly were.