’ ‘Do…do they know how…how much older…than you I…I am?’ Joanne asked. Larry looked over at her, smiled, and nodded. ‘Yeah, they do. Mo...m seemed more upset about our age difference than Dad did,’ he said. ‘But we talked about it a lot and she finally said all that mattered to her was that I was happy. They’re coming up in a couple of weeks, they want us to go out to dinner with them.’ Larry pulled up in front of a huge house, drove around to the rear of it, and stopped in front of what looked. . with Doreen, and Andy."Ok ... that one surprised me. Not so much that both mom and dad were actually venturing out a little themselves, but that they were obviously going against their own rules in a sense ... fooling around with the hired help."We've already discussed this with them of course," mom continued. "Our first concerns being because they did work for us. But we're all in agreement, so I think we'll be ok. They're more like family anyway, as opposed to being staff. But while they're. By this time my drunk mind came to the conclusion that nothing was going to happen between me and Zoe, so I turned onto my right side facing Anna and started to doze. Then it happened. I felt a shift to my left, I didn’t think much of it at first, but then I felt a hand slowly wriggle its way under my arm. Before I knew it, I found myself in some sort of backwards spooning position. My heart started to race, and I knew she could feel it. She pressed herself against my body, and all I could do. “We’re not invincible, Spence, and I need to make sure I can turn my back and not worry if it’s a mistake to do so.”“You won’t have to worry about that,” Julie says as she approaches them silently. “If the time comes I will have your back.”“Were you spying on us?” Samantha shoots her a glare. The accusation laces the words as they come out.“I’ve no need to spy on you,” the woman says smirking. “And regardless of if I like you or not, I don’t turn on my allies.”“That’s comforting,” Samantha says.