I felt my heart begin to pound and my face burned as I tried to make sense of her words – to understand what she seemed to be implying. "Michelle, what are you saying?" I asked, my mouth going dry as I spoke.

"Mom's saying, Mister Hamill, that if you and she are going to be lovers, then you and I are going to be lovers too."

I turned to see Kelsey leaning against the doorjamb. The eighteen year old was stark naked, her skin flushed red from a hot shower and her dark hair, wet and hanging straight down over her shoulders after having been combed out. Her ripe...