When Paige was showing us the ropes, she didn’t really explain the cleanup afterwards but, good God, is that necessary!”“She showed you the rope...s?” asked Bob quizzically.Tom waved this off. “Yes, but not like that. She came over a few times and got into it with Terri, and then the last time, our first time, she was there when I did Terri the first time. That was last weekend.”Bob thought about it. Paige had been gone for several hours that Saturday afternoon, and then when she got home, she had. How could I have been so dumb as to not realize the security cameras would pick up some of my escapade with Stephanie the day before. My mind raced, how much has she seen? What will she do? Has anyone else seen this? Realizing the state of shock I was in, Linda reached out and grabbed my hand. She said, “it’s okay, no one else knows”. I started to gain my wits a little and asked, “How much can”, before I could answer, she said “I could see pretty much everything.” I quickly responded, “Oh shit,. ”Kiki snuggled up under Emily’s arm. “I was in love with my violin teacher when I was fourteen. He was like ninety, but he had the most amazing hands. The skin on them was paper thin, but they were so precise. The last time I saw him, he still played better than I ever would have.”Emily turned to look at her. “You didn’t... ?”Kiki shook her head. “No. But, I used to touch myself and imagine they were his fingers inside of me. He would have known just where to touch.”Emily relaxed again. “I. He could never know. It was too dangerous. If the truth had come out, it could have blown up in her face, and destroyed their friendship, their siblinghood, their family, forever. And she would do anything, say anything, tell any lie to avoid that risk. She sighed again, silently railing at the unfairness of the universe. If only things were different… * * * Another day came. Chris got to the shower first, yet again, she waited, and waited, and waited extra-long, but Shaun didn’t join her in.