“I can’t remember what that onewas for specifically,” I said, as she got in closer tome, looking at the memorabilia on the shelf....220;Well that’s quite the impressive collection… you mustbe quite the athlete” she said admiringly. I wasactually quite flattered by the praise and attention,even though it seemed odd to be down hereShe spent the next few minutes with me, looking at mymodels and trophies, at one point placing a hand on myarm for. I gave them a slight, almost formal nod in recognition of their manners, started walking through the door, and each of us received a not-quite-hard smack on the ass. We pretended shock and ran into the kitchen.When the guys left us to our chores in the kitchen, I open a bottle of red wine and pour a glass for each of us. I hand it to Dori, standing in front of her. We take a sip and almost as if on some cue, we kiss. Holding our wine glasses to the side with one hand, the other touching the. She then left the vehicle. As soon as her parents came close enough, their happy, ebullient faces suddenly sagged and winced. They were in shock for a moment or two.“Good God,” said her mother, “what on earth happened to you?”“Jesus,” said her father. “Amanda, are you alright?”Her mother’s bony hands probed the side of her face and also the blood red eye that seemed to bleed inward from the purplish swelling.“And your hands? Your arms? Oh, my baby, what happened to you?”“Let me call Dr. Weill,”. Still...I counted to five, slowly ... then took small little baby-steps back towards the window until I could just barely see down into the yard, by now she had surprised me again, though I was half-grateful I hadn't been standing there to see it, as by now she was entirely naked having taken off the bikini bottoms as well, which now hung playfully over one corner of the lounge chair she was laying on, her top dangling provocatively over the other one.I had only gotten an imaginary glimpse of.