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“Your father’s in the living roo her head back “I wanted to talk to you”

I’m silent I’m not sure what the hell there is left to say

Jocelyn takes a step closer to me

All I have to re to lay a hand on

But she e like that She places her hand on my arm as she takes a step closer I can smell her perfume

“Lance, what happened today,” she says and pauses Of course ere going to talk about this There’s prettyether “What happened today was a ain”

Wait a second

Did she just say what I think she did?

“What do you ht I just need to nod o upstairs

“Lance, I’e I need to protect because other people are counting on me”

I never knew this Is she telling me that she was forced to marry dad?

“It’s just that, I hadn’t had sex in over sixjust a few hours ago “I think we both got a little carried away”

Oh, thank the Lord She’s not going toto be okay Hopefully, we’ll be able to file this away and never have to think about it again We can move on and not let this affect us

Then why does it feel like she just punched ht? Why does a part of me feel terrible?

But Jocelyn takes my silence for consent She smiles