"I just checked on Nicole," she said. "She's out like a light -- clutching that dragon. That was really sweet of you, Loren. I just hope she stays put...tonight." Let me show you something." He closed the bedroom door and pressed a button on the knob. "There -- at least she can't just barge in here." And catch us in flagrante dilecto?" That's right." He handed her a glass and they clinked rims. "Did you ever catch your folks in the act?" Never," she replied. "You?" Nope. Obviously they were doing. "Simple, really. You applied for grants in several places, a few of which you received, but I know the grant people. They dole the money out piecemeal. The companies, well it is not surprising. They want to divert your research or take control of it, by hiring you. Then your work becomes theirs by law, as their employee."I have several interests in all. I find, restore, and sell old cars; I make specialty programs for exotic functions... Programming is my first love. And I have some money that. Lamar leaned over and laughed, impishly, not maliciously. His whole attitude was much improved, as was Brenda’s, of course.“Meet Whitney White. That girl over there is Whitney Tavington, of course, and that’s Lola Hamid, just so you know. I love how Ben is adding more and more of our old friends and acquaintances to an already widespread orgy. What’s next, adding celebrities?” Mireya giggled while kissing my chest.“How does Lamar know her?” I asked as I really put my tongue into action,. I retreated into my head and questioned how I could possibly be ready to be a husband. I wouldn’t even turn eighteen for another week! I wasn’t ready. I didn’t know how to be a man. I didn’t even have a job! Aunt Buzz talked to us as our coach. Again she talked about money, planning, education and raising the child we were about to start. It struck me that most people have sex knowing a baby is a possibility and have to wait weeks to find out if they started something. We knew we would start a.