‘Okay then. I was half convinced you were trying to get me to join you in a fertility cult, or even better a fertility cult hiding in plain sight as...a religious group,’ Garrison offered up matter-of-factly. Once again and with more enthusiasm, they all cried out laughing. ‘Mother,’ he once again interjected. She eased to composure. ‘Am I babysitting, or marrying this girl,’ Garrison turned to look her in the eyes, asking with a cold expression. Mrs. Walle lost her drink. Grapefruit juice began. " Big jobs?" Mum and Dad, you and Sarah, Weena. And all our friends." Oh." The nungungi has his whole band and relations to other bands." Right. Now I see." He went inside and I could hear him going upstairs.Jacky and his family arrived and everyone exchanged greetings. Patrick took little Gordy, less than two years his junior, upstairs to see the horse. Dad asked Jacky to come and sit at the dining table for a moment and told me to join them. The three ladies and the infants went into the. .. excuse me, taking private time?”Peter looked a little funny. “You’re suggesting that Bob ... Rob might be making out with Patti? And so on?”“Let’s get to the core of this,” Adam said. “Let’s stop beating around the bush. We’re talking about whether all of these kids are going to be having sex on these study afternoons. With the possible exception of when they’re at Maria and Vern’s.”“Yes, I guess we are, sort of,” Vern said. “But that’s pretty much a question for you guys, since Maria’s. .. isn't it?” Being cornered, Jessica stood up and tried to escape her distressing situation: “I should have known better than to ask you for lunch.” “Okay, this is not how I hoped our meeting would turn. Look, Jess, It's been ages and we've never talked about the incident, and it's about time we did,” said Michael backing off before pausing and then continue speaking once his old friend had sat down again, “I know we shouldn't have done this, but it's helped me a lot, you know. I would've.