“You really are a great kisser.” He said as I pulled away from him.I knew I was blushing deeply. He fell back down with his head against a puffed-...up jacket and looked at the ceiling with a grin on his face again. I puffed my own jacket up and laid my head down on it. I turned on my side and faced the outside. I could see the waves breaking harder on the beach from the rain outside. I laid there… just listening to the rain and watching the waves. I must have fallen asleep.Chapter ThreeI woke up. They see their children at the mercy of dangers in every corner, jumping at the thought of ‘lolly giving strangers’. They believe that the world is a hostile, dangerous place, where one must always be ready to fight to defend one self and where no-one is to be trusted, making their young into pusillanimous beings incapable of taking the risks that are necessary to enrich their lives and weary of many relationships that could have the capacity to greatly enhance their view and understanding of. Once she was almost done, she blew a little air on my face, to blow of some hair, her face really close to mine. She asked me if I was ready for the massage and I barely could say “Uh..You..Yeah”. She escorted me to an inner section and we were in a small massage cum spa room with a table in the middle.She came close to me after closing the door and asked me @are you alright honey? Did you like that and we conversed a little, all the while heating up the room. So then she asked me to get on. I guess I just figured that when we left high school, or maybe college, that was when we had to be adults.”Melissa stroked my hand as I held onto the back of the couch. Looking at me, “You sure you’re alright?”“It’s a bedroom with a television, not Siberia, seriously not a big deal.”Ji held up her phone, “And if you need anything just text us and we’ll bring it up.”Lavi, “Ji means she will come.” She emphasized ‘come.’They tried to not respond to it and three full heartbeats of silence followed.