She shook her head. "No. You being here is what made the difference. You being here is what settled things between Kelly and myself. I don't care where you live, here or eventually when you get a place of your own, but you being away from the house is what is making this work."

I shook my head, "I don't understand...everything that you said...everything that we all felt..."

"I can't share you with Kelly in the house. I won't allow it."

"But..."

"This taboo...this thirst we have for each other...it stays away from the house." Emma said as she sat up and kissed me softly on the lips. "I want...