" I pulled against the bed, "Now can you cut me loose?" Nope." He shook his head, smirking."What?" I asked."I told you there was a reason I left you l...ike this Keri." He pointed at me. "Remember? I said something you hadn't thought of?" What...what is it?" I started getting nervous. I didn't like the look on his face or the way his eyes had started wandering again."You see what those girls did to you? It was just embarrassing because it was here in your house. They figure your mom finds you or. I know it's only a few blocks away but it's dark out and I’m thinking that maybe I can convince him to come inside. He says that he can walk me home if it's not too far; he doesn’t want his friends to know he gone. As we walk back to my place I link arms with him. We don’t talk much, he seems to be nervous at my touch and I must admit it’s kind of cute. When we reach the door; I convince him to walk me inside and have another drink. Bryan sits on one side of the couch and I sit beside him with. We, of course, had to spend Christmas Day with our families. Eric and I had agreed to meet at our motel this day after Christmas, rather than meet elsewhere and drive there together. I didn’t know why yet, but Eric had requested that we do it that way this time, meet up in the motel room itself. I already had the room booked (Eric and I always each paid half the room fee), and Eric checked in before I did. When I got to the room, Eric had set up a tiny artificial Christmas tree in a corner of. Luckily, we had gone shopping for food so we were fine on that note.For dinner that night, we had pizza and watched a old black and white Western movie. Becky had fallen asleep in the middle, and I quietly slipped off to explore the place. The house was big; with about four bedrooms, a kitchen, study, and a sun-room.I was looking around the study...finding it strange that a Therapist Couch would be in here. I saw a book sticking out of a shelf, and pushed it back. Which revealed a secret room!.