In the eighteenth century, an eccentric shipping magnate bought the place and finished the building.He was obsessively fearful of being attacked by pi...ates, even though no such threat existed and had the battlements erected about the house, turning it into a castle. According to the couple, a troop of mercenaries had once lived full-time in the servant-quarters beneath the house, on constant guard. When the tycoon was killed in a shipwreck, the place stood vacant until the Pascals learned about. " See," I remarked, "I told you he wouldn't know!" I admit, I had no idea why you said ?that's one', I thought it wasonly when I'm Vicky?!" he remarked."Well, if you had been Vicky, what is ?it' and why did Donna say?that's one'?" Go ahead and answer her John, if you know the answer that is," Iurged."Come on now, I'm dying of curiosity. You would leave a girl hangingwould you?" she seductively asked."Geeze, I can't win. Ok, ?it' is a demerit. When..." and John describedthe demerit system to. It was delicious. I was in love with her, too. But only second to Mom.I must have been eleven or twelve by then.They were lying on the lounges by the pool when I slammed the gate."Charley, sweetie, don't you think your mother should have a date once in awhile? Come on, honey agree with me!" Her lipstick was a bright cheerful slash across a pretty, wide face all peering at me above the cushion of breasts and cleavage that made everything in me vibrate. I didn't know what it was all about, but I. It didn’t seem that awful of a test, I tried to rationalize. I mean, where was the harm in a simple kiss? Shyly I looked at Lexi, noting once again that she was in fact a very attractive girl. I closed the distance between us and traced my fingers along her cheek. I brought my hand to the back of her head and slowly pulled her towards me. Our lips met and we engaged in a wet kiss. I had to admit, it wasn’t nearly as uncomfortable as I expected.Neither Lexi nor I dared to break off contact too.