Soon the school principle, the nurse, and my sister entered the classroom.Emily stepped forward and said, “My brother told me that all of you boys h...ave had sex with me. I don’t know how you could have, since I am still a virgin.”She let that sink in and then she said, “Charlie I only told you that I had broken my own cherry with a carrot.”The boys started giggling and the Principle snapped his fingers and it stopped.Emily said, “Billy, I let you kiss me and you shoved your hand up under my. "I nodded again, confused and wary."You are a wonderful and trusting person. My oldest and dearest friend. You are smart and strong. You are also a naive twat."I was taken aback and had to bite my tongue to keep from making a comment."You are a naive because you fell for a long con, or the start of one anyway. You think of yourself as a woman now, but you are just a woman-in-training. The person you select to be your trainer, consciously or unconsciously, will shape how most of your. I could see her contorted face. But there was a smile there. A fucking smile." He shook his head. "Even in death she was the liveliest creature I ever met. And Mina had Claire's spark." I don't envy your eternal life," I said quietly."Purgatory, my young friend," he grinned sadly.By the end of Tuesday's rehearsal I felt as good as I ever had about my play and about the work I was doing on Lindy's play. During our lunchtime meeting of the smaller intra group of collaborators adjusting our plays. They both put off ordering dessert until later. Ray ordered a bottle of Californian red wine and they settled down to a wonderful meal. While they were having dinner, Ray told Moira she wasn’t to think or talk about the situation at home. That this was her night. They spoke about Ray’s adventures over the past two years and what his work entailed. Moira also told him about her new hobbies and her charity work with the Doctors without Borders. They both declined desserts and had a coffee and.