Then there were the girl cousins. I think the youngest of this generation was sixteen so they were all old enough to know what was going on. They of c...urse thought it was sooooo romantic and pestered the shit out of all of us. There was a smattering of women who had married one of the cousins and lived there at the compound; their opinion was mostly just flat out disapproval. I never did figure out whether it was jealousy for Rachael having two guys. Rachael was never particularly well liked by. Ruth finished by saying, ‘My lead nurse will be at your suite at 9:00am and escort both of you to the Theater. Ethan, you will be first and Shawn you can watch it in the viewing room. Be sure not to miss your half hourly pills during waking the hours, today and tonight.’ Ruth left and they just stood there looking at each other. Ethan was close to tears and Shawn was trying to make sense of it all. Shawn said, ‘Let’s go for a walk around the deck.’ As they left the stateroom, each picked up a. ??There, there, dear. Things will get better. I can?t wait to see you with long, dangly earrings.??No way!??You?re making this difficult, Michael. I suppose you?re going to complain about having your ears pierced.??What!???You have to have pierced ears if you want to wear fashionable jewelry. Clipons are for old ladies.??I?m old! I?m Old and creaking and querulous and???Shut up, Michael. I?ll pick you up in half an hour. Be ready, darling.?---By the end of the second week Mike had gotten used. All the pussy Ace was juggling meant he didn’t have all the time to devote on pursuing Leila. They were seeing each other once or twice a week and this had become a routine. “Our routine,” Leila thought to herself. She shrugged as she pushed her grocery cart, keeping one child in the cart seat while the other held onto a front corner of the cart, play-steering it as if she were in control. Ace was texting her while she shopped. He was wondering if she would make their appointment. Leila texted.