Smiling, Beth breathed, “Okay, apology accepted.” Jessup stood and smiled down at her sardonically. "Good," he said. "I've played along with your... little game, now you're going to play mine." "And what game is that, Dr. Jessup?" Beth asked, noticing that all the usual fumbling and hesitation had disappeared from his voice. "Call me razr," Jessup instructed. "You've been a bad student. Very bad. You've spied on me, interrupted me, bothered me at home, stalked me, and attempted to seduce me.. I’d long since accepted the fact they were sleeping with each other. Any ideal I had of couples needing virgin purity when they got married was destroyed when Bea and I first met. We were both experienced and accepted each other for what we were. It was simply my fatherly instinct shouting, ‘Not with my little girl!’ They certainly wouldn’t be allowed to fornicate in my house, but Don Whitaker had made it abundantly clear after what happened with Denise that Josh should never be afraid to bring. ” Brad mumbled something under his breath and walked around and got under the covers with his back to me. Ten minutes later, I heard his breathing slow, and I knew he was asleep. It was kind of a comforting sound to hear as I drifted off.It was 7:40 in the morning when I woke up and looked at the clock. The early morning glow of sunshine filtered through the window, and I felt like I had the best night’s sleep that I have had in a long time. Then I felt the bed move and looked over, and Brad. He got out and ran around to other side of the truck to open the door for Maude. When they got out, he said, "When I heard Benson was coming, I called Bea and asked if I could bring Maude. Your mom never turns anyone down for a meal."The expanded dining room was going to become too small if we kept having more people in. I wondered how long it would be until Mom decided to get some kitchen help. I suppose she already did that with the food she ordered from the Mount Sterling restaurant for the.