16 ASPEN Lubbock, Texas – May 31st Sitting in a café with Margo, I felt a bit more like myself for the first time since I’d moved into the Whitaker estate. “It’s good to see you, Margo. I’ve really needed this.” She picked up her cup of steaming hot coffee then blew across the surface. “So, tell me all about it.” I wasn’t entirely sure if I should tell her about my substantial secret virginity thingy, but Ransom and I had such a lengthy discussion about it that I felt I needed to talk to someone about it. Chewing my lip nervously, I went for it, “I’m a virgin.” She laughed. “I suspected that.” She took a sip of the coffee. “Yuck. Needs more sugar.” I passed the sugar shaker to her then went on, “Well, Ransom didn’t. And neither did the doctor. It all came out during the most embarr

