The second room, straight back, looked like it was supposed to be a dining room, but there was no furniture -- just some exercise equipment and a big ...wooden box, on the padded floor, about the size of a coffin, only maybe a little bigger, all around."You want some coffee?" Sandy asked."Always," I said. She led me on through the house. We had to pass through her bedroom, next, on the way to the final room at the rear -- the kitchen."Nice room!" I said. It was. Sandy's kitchen was big,. I feel we can tell each other anything now." "Me too, Dan. So, your first sexual encounter was at 19?" she asked. "That's still younger than my first encounter!" "Oh, really?" Dan asked. "Tell me more." Roxanna had secretly hoped Dan would ask her that. Now that Dan had been so open and honest about his own sexual past, Roxanna wanted to relay every detail about her past to Dan, too. She wanted Dan to learn everything about her. "My father was a very strict Catholic," Roxanna began. "I wasn't. All that we could see were burned stumps of trees and piles of wood still smoldering in places. We moved permanently to the west bank of the river because of the soot and heat still wafting from the burned area. Even small towns along here were reduced to ash, and we saw no signs of life of any sort.We were close to Cairo when we ran into a spell of very good luck: we came to a marina that was well stocked and ignored by the apocalypse except for some smashed boats tied up to the dock. Somehow,. " This isn't the time; this place closes soon. Let's go inside and do what I SAID we were gonna do." I got out and waved her out and we went inside the drugstore.I bought rubbers. I bought lube. I bought sixty dollars worth of this and that to be used to keep pregnant ladies comfortable. And I bought some stuff that I hoped would let me sleep at night. Back in the car, I said, "So, okay, what did Whatshisname do for security?" Well, somebody was on watch all the time -- especially on the new.