.wow..." I was still stunned. I had so many questions but so few seemed appropriate. My shock had made me numb to the fact that I was openly discussin...g my mother's sex life in very specific detail. She told me about how she had often felt the desire and how she wished she had someone she could be intimate with but quelled it, such was her devotion to Dad. My alarm heightened when I looked down and saw that somehow her hand had surreptitiously found its way halfway up my thigh while she gave. I can't go alone.”24 hours later my sister flounced into the house in a pissy mood. “Mom! Where are you?”Our mother called back, “Doing laundry, why are you shouting?”Holly was raging “Because Chad and Rich won't go with me to Sharon's party! That motherfucker put out the word that nobody should go to the party with me! I don't have a goddamn date and I can't go alone! Assholes! All of them!”The house was quiet for a few moments, my sister was taking off her coat when mom came into the room. He rounded the corner just in time to see Argent and Talon locked in combat. Maggie was trying to help Claw back to his feet, and Delilah was huddled in a corner with tears in her eyes. He launched himself at the two combatants and succeeded in seperating them for a moment. Talon raised his hand and fired an energy blast towards Argent, but he dodged out of the way and shot back with one of his own that seemed to burn with a greater intensity than Talon's. Derek barely had time to move aside. I remember walking down the aisle, softly saying my vows and kissing my groom. Many times, the sound of silverware clinking against glasses prompted kisses between us newlyweds.The evening ended, and Ray and I went off to our honeymoon suite. He picked me up and carried me over the threshold, bowing to tradition. He closed the door behind us, and we were finally alone.“Well, what do you think of married life so far, Julie?” calling me by my sister’s name.“I guess I can’t complain,” I replied..