"That's weird. But you don't like to get wet, do you?" You shower though, don't you?" asked Jamie."Sure" said Lauren, wondering why she felt so defens...ive."But you might not like us sunbathing. Sometimes we don't wear anything when there's just Jamie and me. So we don't get any tan lines"Lauren's heart thumped in her chest. To her surprise, her main concern was not the thought of seeing Emma naked but of having them both naked and where that might lead. Lauren knew that she had to understand. After she drove out of sight, I intimated to him "no problem, she has her way now ... we get our way later..." I was quite a bit taller than my stepfather, so it felt great when he reached up to squeeze my shoulder, in obvious agreement. I got an even better feel for the day, when he told the barbers that we were "only there for a little trim..." We were out of there in less than an hour ... I looked at the bus sked posted on the pole outside, and saw we had about 30 minutes before catching the. "So what's up kiddo?" asked Barb."I don't know if anything's up, Mom. But for once when I'm confused about what happened with Patty, you were there with us. So I thought maybe you saw something I didn't. Usually she's happy to see me, and then when it's time to leave, she always finds as many excuses as she can for us to stay together longer. Tonight, it was like she wasn't that excited to see me, and then couldn't wait to get away from me. I was wondering — did I do or say something stupid to. Brian had been waiting since noon, so he was excited to finally see Eric's car go past. He waited 10 minutes, and then headed to the the park entrance where he knew Eric's car would be parked.Brian drove down the mile-long stretch of wooded road that lead to the entrance. There wasn't a single house on the road and it lead to a small gravel parking lot surrounded by trees and containing only Eric's car. There was no trail into the woods from this location, just untouched woodland. The solitude.