I figured maybe you'd like to talk." Pete snapped his cigarette in a glowing arc across the lawn.Millie was surprised by Pete's attitude. He had hardl... said a dozen words to her since she and Danny had arrived at the ranch the night before.The fact was that she felt like talking. She smiled at Pete's dusky profile beside her. "It's beautiful here at night." I like the quiet," he said. "I spent a week in San Francisco once. I could hardly sleep for all the cars and sirens."Millie planted her. "Let me talk. I know you won't throw me out over this, but it's still hard to say. Norman, you keep being so patient with me and I love you for it, but you deserve to know my past. I grew up without a father, and my mother was very bitter that he dumped her after she became pregnant with me, as she was later with all the men in her life. She has four other children, each with a different father and none of the fathers stayed around to see their child born."I winced but Sarah merely shook her. No my love that comforted me . . thank you for keeping the blanket over us . . i’d have died of shame otherwise . . . though i loved you . . . you tensed as i moved on top of you . . .your body was so large . . i was afraid my legs . . . my body . . . wouldn’t open . . they did . . and of their own motion it seemed . . . yes . . .they did . . those first sensations i’ll never forget . . the pressure of you against me . .pushing . . finding your way . . opening my body . . . i felt like i was. "Maybe I want to be punished." "I'll remember that," I responded, a devious plan of role-reversal already in my head. "Anyway, Allison is out of town, and so is her family, but I have keys to her house," my naughty sister revealed. "She is your lab partner, right?" "Yes, you and she might really hit it off. She is applying to Harvard as well," my sister answered, thoughtfully. "Interesting," I replied, acting uninterested, even though I was very curious. This bio partner was obviously smart,.