He clamped the book shut. “Nothing. Go away.” I sat next to him and put my arms around him. “I’m better now.” I never saw him smile so hard.... He asked me what was the matter and I confessed a lie. Some girl at school. Wanted to do things. I tried, but couldn’t. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because...because…”I’m gay,” I blurted out without thinking about it and suddenly felt scared. He put his arms around me then and I felt safe in them. He kissed my forehead, which I found odd, but thinking. Jas said, "Bigfoot. Who would have guessed?"Melissa shook her head. "Taku-He." Which is?" A bigfoot with a stovepipe hat and a cape." Do they eat people?" They steal dogs and pigs." I saw dogs and pigs in the long house."In the morning, Jas woke with the spider in her cleavage again. She putit in her rucksack. "Sorry, guy. I don't have anything to feed you at themoment."The taku-he wouldn't let them leave without eating. After the meal, theypresented the girls with gifts. Food. Two water skins. Lana spoke suddenly, ‘Clark, Lex is kind of a genius. He has invented some of his own gadgets.’ Now Clark was interested. He turned to Lex, ‘Really? I’m kind of a science nerd myself.’ ‘You definitely look the part.’ Lex smirked as he pointed to the large glasses covering half his face. Clark fake-laughed as he pushed the glasses up his nose with his middle-finger. Lex raised an eyebrow, did he just flip me? Yes, I did. So, in your face. Clark smiled. Lana, not oblivious to the tension. Jim canceled the fishing trip with this other woman, and bought himself a ticket to Hawaii." "Did you have a great trip?" "Not really," Roxanna sighed. "As on our honeymoon, Jim made love to me only once the whole weekend in beautiful, romantic Hawaii. In our motel room. Again, it lasted maybe thirty minutes. It started with a little kissing. The only foreplay was me going down on Jim. Then wham-bam inside of me and it was over." "I'm sorry you had to go through that, Roxanna. You sound so.