At the sink I tapped her shoulder with mine and said, without turning to her, “Would I be getting too over-the-top to ask you and Nevina to wear a d...ress that shows off some cleavage?”“Excuse me?” she said.“I’m sorry. It’s just that you are both so stunning. Would a little jiggling be too much for an 18th birthday party?”“I honestly didn’t realize how closely you were watching the two of us, earlier. Let me talk to her, and maybe we can find something appropriate that we can’t wear a bra with.. Much of the country had been left in ruins. Many of its natives were dead or homeless.Still, Jorgarn's blood boiled when he thought of Usala, Alita, Sania and Cornit. The final body had been found just weeks before, only miles from the palace. Cornit Hanos was a member of the Majestic Guard who was digging a grave when she was captured. She was a robust young woman, full of energy and happy to be a part of something as big as the army. Jorgarn had known her only slightly but those around him. “Welcome! Please come in,” Jess said as if she wasn’t exposing her entire naked body to 3 teenagers barely old enough to vote.The three came in and I closed the door as quickly as possible.Heather made the introductions. “Jane, John,” she said, addressing us, “meet Stephen, James, and Valerie.”Heather had told us that she would be introducing us as Jane Doe and John Doe. She was telling her friends that we were both being blackmailed as a result of some unspecified really horrible thing we had. I walked under one the instant I walked in the room and she kissed my cheek, lingering longer than necessary, her sweet perfume drawing me in.In the kitchen, she kissed me again when I walked under the mistletoe and again when I opened the fridge that was also under mistletoe. She giggled, "It seems I may be kissing you all night."I said back, "If you weren't my Mom, I would think this was a plan to seduce me."Her face flushed, but it seemed to dishearten her....I hadn't taken the bait. We had.