2 First half

"You must be Roger and Carol," I greeted them, opening the door. "Our mom said you'd be stopping by to meet us. You may come in if you'd like."

"Um, thanks," Carol replied, coming into the house.

I followed them both to the living room and they met Richard as well. We took one couch, and they took the other, and we got aqquainted with our new step-siblings.

"So, you two are the same ages as us, huh?" Richard asked.

"Um, we don't know your ages, but we're nineteen and seventeen."

"Yes, just like us," I added leaning on Richard.

"Sis," he muttered, pushing me a bit. "Let's not make it obvious."

"What, it's not like my face suddenly fell onto your crotch," I giggled. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"What are you two whispering about?" Roger pondered.

"Nothing," Richard replied, kleaning away. "We're just close siblings."

"We can see that," Carol added.

'You're totally checking her out, you scumbag,' I thought, smiling. 'So, you like fucking your sister, and I can see you want to have sex with our black step-sister too. Well, we opened that can of worms, so it's no surprise. You stick it to your sister for a month now, and you haven't let me sleep alone even once since that first night. So, you're into me, but our hot step-sister has caught your attention too. I'll have to bust you on that, but of course, not in front of them.'

I can see it clear as day, but he gave me some guilty looks too, so he knew that I knew. Still,. we chit chatted with our new step-siblings, and we seemed to get along. We just met, but still, we were laughing and getting along.

I got closer to him as time went on, and surely made him go nuts a bit. He wanted to keep pushing me aside, but I wouldn't let him without alerting them. Sure enough,m we made each other horny, and we'd have to deal with it in due time.

Roger and Carol manatined a distance, but of course, they weren't an incestuous couple like us. Nevertheless, they didn't think it was weird for us to be close, and they even took it as some signal for them to get closer after a half hour or so.

I want to feel Richard's crotch, but I knew he wouldn't let that happen then. So, I didn't bother, but still rubbed arm on his a bit. We dove deep into the icnest pool, and surely enough, we were more than into each other, but ready to tell someone it seemed.

I could tell it was eating us up, but even if we did spill the beans, it'd be something to deal with, but we'd show whoever it was that we were crazy about each other. We just had sex two hours before we met Roger and Carol, so I had the taboo notion fresh on my mind.

After a whole hour of talking to our new step-siblings, I got up and borught Richard with us. "We're gonna be right back," I told them, before taking his hand and escrting us out of the room.

We went to the bathroom, and I closed the door. Then I turned on the light and kissed him.

He ahd to gently push me off him, though. "Sis, what the hell?"

"I will give you the sloppest and hottest blow job ever if you just tell me you want to have sex with Carol."

"What, no, of course I don't," he told me, taking my hands in his. "You are plenty for me, I swear on my life. If everyone was cool with it, I'd shout it from the Empire State Building that I love you so much."

"You would, huh?" I laughed, feeling his crotch. "Well, your hard on wants your cock in my mouth, so just admit it, you find Carol attractive. This is not a trap, I promise. You may tell me after fuckinbg me so many times, you'd like to do it with our new step-sister. If I get mad at all, you may slap me."

"I'm not about to slap you for any reason, but the fact remains, I don't want her, just you."

"You're super sweet, and you've earned the right to be a little sour. Just tell me, you want Carol's lips wrapped around your prick, then you want to shoot your big melons. I know you noticed, and I saw Roger packing a big pone in his pants."

"Kelsey," he whined.

"It's true, I want to have sex with Roger too, so we're even. Just confess it to me, and I will suck your big schlong and make you drown us in here. Come on, I'm your little sister, but more imprtantly, I'm tour girlfriend too. You've proven how important I am to you. We sleep together every single night, and after you give me a cumshot, you cuddle with me. If I saw you oogling mom, I'd want you to tell me about that too."

"Fine, I'd like to have sex with Carol even though I just met her."

"And you want her to prove that I'm a better dicksucker than her, right?"

"Okay, I guess."

"You guess?" I asked, taking his rod out.

I stroked it for him for a moment and made him tremble.

I was about to go down ot my knees, but he stopped me. "May I at least kiss you again?"

I grinned and kissed him hard for another minute, as I kept my right hand moving calmly.

"Oh, I love you, Kelsey."

"You only love me because I'm the best cocksucker," I joked, lowering myself to my knees.

"That not funny," he made clear, shooting me a dirty look.

I swiftly rose to him. "If you could marry me and knock me up, I'd let you do it right here, right now," I told him, prior to wrapping my arms around his neck. "You have no idea how much you mean to me, dude. I want you getting into my underwear forever, but I know it can't happen. We're still an incestuous couple, it's justy that simple. I can only guess that mom has been so busy spending time with Martin that she hasn't noticed. Now our step-siblings are miving in with us. We'll have our own room, but let's face it, we're gponna get caught at some point. I'm not saying let's tell Roger and Carol, but shit," I moaned, before kissing him. "Fucking our step-siblings would only make us hotter for each other," I rambled, before dropping back down to my knees.

I took his mmeber right into my mouth and made him feel good.

He immedaitely felt my head with both hands and locked eyes with me. "Yes, I've learned from my ravishing little sister, and I know how to hold my load, so give me your best shot, Kelsey."

I giggled a bit and nodded as I kept my lips movinjg ever so slowly. I watched him deal with the pleasure, and sure enough, he was losing it already. I got him riled up before, so I was gonna make him explode in due time, but not too soon.

I wanted that grand intimacy he gave me so many times before, and he forked it over easily. He proved he was in love with me, and even if he wasn't supposed to. Nevertheless, we were too far gone, but maybe we could part a bit by welcoming our new step-sibling to our family.

I was still fully clothed, so I was sweating my ass off, but I didn't care. I was having too much fun making him go apeshit. I felt his dick growing inside my mouth, and surely making me hotter too, but I still wanted him to hold for as long as posible.

I clamped down on the base of his dick too, and prepped him for more. Even though I wanted him to last, I couldn't resist making him go nuts. I never told him how much dicksucking experioence I had, but he knew I had some, yet, he was just happy I was using it on him then.

I was still techincally a minor, but he still didn't care. He loved me more than life itself, and us hooking up intensified it. As we glared at each other so effortlessly, we were about to take off like a rocket, but make him shoot a river out of his dick first.

"I wonder if Carol is blowing Roger right now, we're out of earshot and we can't see them either," he moaned, scrubbing my head. "I saw her, she has to give great head."

I calmly released his wood. "I knew you wanted to have sex with her," I busted him, rising. "What do you think is gonna happen now, I'm gonna cut you off?"

"It crossed my mind, yes."

"Do we have to come out to someone to prove that you're gonna lose me, well, until we're ready date other people. Even if I was eighteen, we couldn't date legally, but we can still have amnazing passionate sex, but more importantly, prove that we can be a great couple. Go out on real dates, realte to each other on like food, and share the shower together. You know, just be us. Even before we hooked up, we were like a couple, weren't we? You let me use your car, and I did our laundry. We worked together, and now we know your dick gets hard at the sight of me in my bra and panties, and seeing you in just your boxers gets my pantties wet too. Now that we have two new siblings moving in, we'll have to be extra careful because I am not breakinbg this off, dude," I explianed, bnefore kissing him. "You have no idea how sexually attracted I am to you, and love hvaing your dick inside me. I know you don't want the details, but let's say when I had sex with other guys, it just wasn't everywhere near as good or passionate. You love every second, and making sure I'm satisfied too," I explianed, before taking off my top. "I was extra horny when I first had you cum on my boobs, but trust me I love it beyond anything else now," I added, before taking off my bra too and then taking his pecker in my hands. "Although, there's always my face. By the way, if you ever have sex with mom or Carol, I think you should do the same thing with them. Just make them wait for it too," I told him, before getting down on my knees. "I wonder if they'll come looking for us," I mentioned, before taking his cock back into my mouth.

"It almost sounds like you want me to have sex with them."

I calmly released his member. "Wel," I whiserped, rising again. "Let's say I know how important familky is now. Even if incest was legal, and we went to a sperm donor so I was knocked up, and then mom came to you saying she wanted to have sex, I'd slap myself for denying you both that. If dad came to me, I'd want your full support thre too. Mom might be marrying Martin, but even if mom and dad wanted to fuck us in front of each other, I'd want you to bhe on baord. I know, anything is possible when you're so horny, and I'm stroking your dick, but still."

"Okay, may I kiss you?"

"Dude, you've kissed me seven-trillion times in the past month, you're allowed to kiss me, Richard. We could both be fully clothed, or completely naked, you're allowed to kiss my lips anyway whenever the fuck you want."

"So, not your tits whenever?"

"You know I have your cocki in my hands, right?"

"You might have devil horns, but ypu're still an angel, Kelsey," he prasied me, before kissing me.

Then I calmly dropped down to my knees and took his rod back into my mouth.

"The best angel there is literally anywhere," he moaned, caressing my head.

We eyeballed each other like hawks as I sucked the life out of his prick and waited for him to drown us. I had him well trained on holding his load, but I was gonna get it. I had my jugs out for him, but we certainly had a way for him to truly prove how much he loved me.

"So, you want me to shoot your face and then for me to kiss you, right?"

I let his prick out again. "You're getting action off me either way, but if oyu feel the need to prove it to so it's tattooed in my head, then yes," I broke the news, before taking it back into my mouth.

I saw him sweating his ass off, so he underdressed himself. He even got off out of his socks and shoes, so he was completely naked. I felt sweat going down all over my body too, so I made sure to get my shorts and panties off, so I was naked too.

"Oh, do I see your underwear lying on the floor now? You really want to get caught, huh? They're gonna come looking for us and see us naked."

I released it again. "Don't worry, you're gonna cum so much, they won't even notice," I told him, before taking it back into my mouth again.

"Yes, you're a devilish angel, Kelsey," he moaned, feeling my head again. "I swear my schlong has gotten bigger since we began hooking up, and I woe it all to my dashing little sister. Holy shit, I love you. I love you, I love you, and I love you some more."

'I plan on making you klove me more,' I tho8ught, pushing my lips back even further.

I saw the results right before my eyes: he was losing it. Yet, I didn't want to oush him too far, too fast, and make it completely authentic. Brother/sister sex was wonderful, and we began milking it as much as we could.

He kpet his hands all over my head and even pulled my hair a bit too. I didn't mind at all, and took it as a badge of honor. I got him loving me more and more by the second, and I loved sucking his johnson more and more too.

It was fucked up, but in the best way possible. He shot his load all over my face several times and kissed me, and I was after to make it happen again. It wasn't the act, just him that made me love everything.

I felt myself making headway on him and he was gonna pop soon, but yet, making him feel so good still presented itself as the fun part. He made me cherish making him feel good, and look at me in the sexiest way possible.

We were siblongs and shouldn't have been hooking up, yet we were. His dick was going haywire too, but he kept me guessing how long he could keep holind his load. I never pressured his prick too much, and jiust kept it hot as usual.

He head to lean back on sink and use it for leverage, but he still wanted to feel my head. He scrubbed it and pulled my hair too, but I still didn't care. Seeing the eye candy he put forward was amazing, and nothing and no one could duplicate it.

Just from one second to the next, he gently pushed my face away. I knew what time it was, so I kept my face right at his cock and waited for it to erupt. That didn't take it long, but once thaty first shot fired, it felt great.

I knew with anyone else, it might just be gross, but with him, it was like sexy art. He submerged my face with five different shots and I made sure to dole it out as evenly as I could. Yet, with a fresh load like that, he was gonna douse me no matter what.

Just like before, he yanked me up with him and pasted my lips to his. Evenm with all cum plastered on my face, he didn't delay at all when it came tro making out with me. He made sure to kiss me like he was in love with me.

Yet, he placed his hands down on my butt, but I stole them and put them on my tits. He loved that, and even squeezed them a bit as we made out as passionately as possible. I stroked his member slkowly, and seemed to milk him a little more.

I made him shake and hurt my boobs a tad, but I still didn't mind, it was too hot to take discomfort in most definitely. After a few minutes, I calmly pushed his lips off mine, and we glared at each other.

We didn't say a word, but our eyes said plenty. Then I casualy switched places with him, and got up onto the sink. Then I took his rod back in my hands again and he made sure to close thr gap between us again.

I alligned his dick wirth my pussy and kissed him. "Why can't incest be legal?"

"I don't know."

"Well, just like pot, even if it was, there'd be naysaysers. I love you, Richard."

"I love you too, Kelsey."

"We gotta tell someone, this is too good not tell someone at least. I never had sex with Matt."

"I didn't think you did."

"I know, but all cards on the table, I sent him that nude picture with the full intention of having sex with him. Yet, you were completely against, and even if you didn't know about it, you wanted me. You didn't want some other guy fucking me, you wanted to do it with me. It might be a crime, but I'm hgappy to commit it with you. What if we tell our new step-siblings? You know, welcome them to the family, and give them a good secret to keep? Let them know just how much we love each other? Let me ask you, would you shoot any woman's face and then make out with her?"

"Probably not."

"I'm just saying, we're an official incestuous couple. Neither of us want to date someone else."

"Yoiu want to fuck our step-siblings."

"I don't want to fuck Roger."

"Then why are you trying to get me to admit that Carol is attractive?"

"Because I know you, but if it makes you feel better, I'm down to get down with Roger."

"So, you..."

"Don't try to read into something that's not there. I'll admit, Roger is-"

"Don't finish that."

"I was gonna say a sauve and handsome man, just how Carol is ravishing and elegant. Now tell me if given the chance, you wouldn't love to shoot youe white stuff all over Carol's black jugs. Don't think of me as your sister, or girlfriend, just someone you can talk about sex with, that's all."

"Fine, I'd love to have sex with Carol, she is a dashing woman."

"Was that so hard?" I asked, putting the head back at my entrance. "Now fuck your underage sister."

He nodded and did just that. He put his plams back on my butt and pulled me closer to him and made his schlong dive deep into mny cunt. I stayed upriught, and kissed him several times too. He managed to thrust his wood too, and fuck me as we made out.

My boobs came onto his chest slightly as he got close to me, and he made sure to kiss me several times too. I knmew he was the perfect height to fuck me like that, but he made it count, and I felt his cock going apeshit too. 

Neither of us said a word for some time, and allowed the sex to yell everything. I could tell he wanted to fuck the shit out of me, but he maintained the hottess as we never fucked in the bathroom without being in the shower.

He was more than turned on to do it with me right there rigth then. With our new step-siblings out there waiting for us, it was the hottest scenario we could thi9nki of then outside of fucking without doing it with our parents in earshot.

He grasped my buttcheeks harder, and surely invested everything in me. He couldn't have loved me more it seemed, and our mutual sexual attraction was glowing brighter than the sun it appeared.

We had to tell someone about us, and gage their reaction. I knew neother of us had any interest in doing it with someone else, but maybe outher family members once I put it in his head. Yet, he was eyeballing me like a hawk and cherishing me.

If anything proved that, it was him kissing me. I felt it more then than with his dick devouring my cunt. He pressed his lips on mine so hard, it was unreal to some extent, and it made me shed a few tears too.

He saw them, but didn't say a word. He could put the pieces together, so he took a break for a moment. He calmly evicted his wood, and yanked me up with him. He held me tight as we made out passionately for a moment.

My tits clashed with his chest again and he made sure to support me the best he could. Nevertheless, he was losing it, and getting ready to drop me. Yet, I trursted him and waited for him assert himself to make him do aqnything for me.

"Oh, sis," he maoned, falling forward.

I landed back down on the sink. "Ow, you," I laughed, rubbing my butt.

"Shit, I'm sorry, sis, I just lost it."

"It's alright, how about you make it up to me with your tongue?" I asked, spreading my legs.

He couldn't turn me down, so I plopped my palms on his head. "Holy shit, you do love me, though, huh?"

He nodded and ate me out with purpose. He looked directly into my eyes right from the start, and made me love him. As if he was a perfect man that could woo any woman at any point or something. I couldn't fully understand it, but I didn't care.

I just felt his tongue moving around all over my pussy and he tickled me like it was nothing.  I felt my juice coming out already, and getting all over his face too. That only turned me oin even more, and made me want to scream.

I didn't want to attract attention, so I stayed as quiet as I could. Yet, he was daring me to yelp. He also made sure to coime upo to me a few times and kiss me. I tasted all of myu juice right off his lips as he fingered me.

So, it wasn't his first rodeo, and he mastered it perfectly. He used all the passion he could tyo woo me both inside and out. I didn't know how he managed to do so the way he did, but I didn't care. He just sold me, and that was that.

He slatherd my lips down there slowly, but hardly to ensure he had me sweating up a big storm. I felt my heart trying to break free too, and he seemed to try to steal it. I knew incest was illegal, but oh so life-affirming.

I saw him eyeing me and surely giving me all the intimacy I could handle. I shed so many tears, he had to wonder just hoow good he could be at eating pussy. Yet, we didn't say a word for some time.

He perfected the art of slit mucnching on m,e and didn't look back. I couldn't believe how great he was, or just how DTF either of us were, but yet, it was happening. I felt my whole body tinbgling like he was setting my up to explode.

He wanted me to lose it, but I still made sure not to scream and attrat attention. He became so good, I nearly thought he must've had some gift, but I couldn't be sure. I just klnew he moved his face all over my cunt, and let that tongue swat my cherry effortlessly.

So, my juice kept plummeting out and smearing all over his face, so he kept it completely submerged the whole time. I loved it more that way because he could move his face backj and forth perfectly that way.

I pulled his hair, and jerked around a bit too, but he followed me like his face was glued to my cunt. His tongue also dove into my snatch, and slatherd the inside of my snatch as well. So, he was all in on me and more.

He made me feel betgter than I could ever imagine, but with the added effect of our new step-siblings out there, it made it so much hotter. We eyefucked each other like mad and I feltg like screaming just to make Carol and Roger hear us.

Someone needed to hear us and know, but I knew I was high as the sky. I saw him even try to scrub my cunt with his face. So,m that made it feel even better, and sure enough, I felt my juice leaking out and even going down to the floor.

All the while, he could also look at my tits, but kept his eyes on mine. So, he poroved over and over again he was one man I loved and loved me. Even if it was wrong, it was still right. He loved having his cock and tongue inside me.

Regardless of what hole it was, he was the most loving and satisfying boyfriend I ever had. I couldn't possibly know why, but it was just true. As he clamped down on my thighs even harder, he gave the gift that kept giving.

"Oh, yes, suck on those lips too, big brother. You like them, huh? ell, you may have them all you want. Even if we have two step-siblings in the house, you may get into my panties whenever you want. You loving me so much as as you do gives you the combination. I'll just stay on the pill, is that a good idea? Do you think you're gonna want to stay in my panties as much that me staying on birth control is a good idea?"

He nodded, but then he came up wioth me. "You might be underage, and be my sister, but I'm still a sick fuck that loves you way more than I should. I'm heavily attracted to you, but you're a lot more than that. Donb't even think yiu're just a hot fuck to me."

"I don't, I know how you love me."

"Good," he added, before kissing me. "We should tell our step-siblings about us. Someone needs to know."

"Okay, if you really want to, then we can tell them. If it makes you happy, and you're ready to stand by me, then okay."

We stared for a moment, but didn't speak. We only felt each other's arms and I knew both of us were still very turned on.

"I do havbe one condition, though."

"What?"

"Tell me you want to have sex with mom and Carol. I do mean both one-on-one, but I'm sure it'd be even hotter as a threesome. Just tell me you want to have sex with them. You will not lose me, I swear. If you want, twenty years from now, we could be married to other people, have kids, and maybe even grandkids if they really have kids too young. Even then, if you want to fuck me, then I'll let you. I'm sure I'll still want you too. Nothing and no one is gonna be more important to me than you."

"That's a mouthful, but okay."

"Think of how much you've kissed me in the past month. Nevermind the sex, or when we've been naked together. Jjust kisisng me solely because you love me so much, it means the wolrd to me that you feel that way about me. You wanted to masturbate to pciture of my boobs, and you're not even looking at them right now. That means you love me, Richard. There's nothng wrong with that," I explained, bfore kissing him. "Even if we never get matrried and wind upo with someone else, I'll never forget our time together. Even though I'm underage, you know I've had sexual hisotry with other guys, but you were never judgemental."

"That's another moutful."

"So, will you admit it?"

"Fine, I want to have sex with mom and Carol."

"Thank yoiu,": I added, before kissing him and turning around. "Now fuck me like a dog, stud," I implored him, twerking my ass.

He couldn't turn me down, so he set his palm on m,y butt and aligned his dick with his other hand. Then he pushed it into my cunt, and began fucking me.

"Oh, fuck yes, your pecker is getting bigger. I can feel it getting more imgored inside my slit. You are a sick fuck, dude," I agreed, peeking at him. "But in a good way, I promise."

"Good, sis, because I do love screwing you."

I laughed and turned my head back. I closed my eyes and took his wood with a grain of salt. Sure enpough, it was a lot to take in that position because he had more power to plow me, and I had to love that.

He grasped my buttcheeks hard and managed to fuck mne even harder than he had before. Sure enpo8iguh, anything was gonna be aweseome to me. I kept my boobs up enough that they'd shake and put on a good show down below.

He couldn't see them, but still, he knew it was happening. I felt his cock vibrating in my pussy too, so he was losing it again. Yet, he showed that he was well trained on  holding his load, but I loved guessing how long he could last.

He massaged my butt too and even gave a few spanks too. So, he was heavily turnf on by me and even felt comfortable to spank me. He made sure not to do it too hard, but still, he was in love with me.

"Yes, move us both around and make your johnson feel every single square centiemter of my cunt, you hound. Build up a load so big, and submerge my ass. Then anyone that ever sees my butt will know you fucked me first. You'll own my pussy, and anyone else will rent it at best. I've had my sexual experience with you, than all of my previous sexual partenrs combined," I moaned, before grabbing his hands and bringing them to my tits. "Feel thwm as you fuck me some more, stud."

"Yes, sis," he let out, doing just that. "Oh, your boobs are perfect to me. Yes, I'd love to see them as the years go by, you'll just get sexier."

"Oh, bullshit, but thank yoiu. They'll sag a bit and get wrinkly too, but you can't be honest with me on something like my jugs."

"If you say so."

"I do, horndog," I made clear, arching my back to him.

I klissed him as passionately as I could, and he massaged my bosoms as hardly as he could too. All the while, his pecker remained inside my cunt, and vibrated like mad. I was on the pill, so I wasn't afriad of him cumming inside me.

Once again, above all else, kissing him was more meaningful than the sexual chemistry we had. He had loved kissing me too, and it surely showed for over two minutes. After those one-hundred thirty-two seconds, we mutually parted lips.

We didn't say a word for a moment, and then I leaned back again. He began fucking me again, but at a slower rate. We kept constant eye contact and breathed as steadily as we could. Once again, I knew he was good at holding his load, so I waited for him.

Not that I was in a hurry for him to cum, but it was exciting to know tjhat I of all people I could make him want to cum so much, we could drown in the bathroom. I knew it was wrong, and always would be, but it still made it so much hotter.

Feeling his cock slide in and out of my snatch was unworldly, and it added more lovely taboo sauce when he grabbed my jugs too. So, I got to feel him scqueeze those bundles of joy in the joy of fucking his little sister.

"Oh, yes, Richard, you love plowing your little sister from behind, huh? I won't judge you, just love you."

"I'll love you for enjoying it right back, Kelsey."

"And I'll something else too," I added, before pushing his pecker out.

I got down on my knees and took it into my mouth.

"And your cum tastes so much better off my junk, huh?" hje asked, feeling my head.

I nodded and sucked the life out of his dick for a moment. I gpot all of my juice off it in less than a minute, but then I rose to him.

I snatched his hands and placed them on my butt. "Just make out with your little sister while she gives you a mean handjob," I muttered, before pasting my lips to his.

I kept my right hand at the base, and stroked his rod with the other. I even brought the head to my slit, and made him feel me even more. He clutched my buttcheeks, and shook a bit too all in response to me making him feel good.

I had to keep my head up to make pout with him, but I didn't mind. Making him feel me while making out ever so passionately was the bee's knees and it made me cry a little more. He knew it, but still didn't say a word or part his lips.

I felt him keep shaking and getting ready to shoot, but I waited for him to explode. I could never be sure how long he could keep his load intact, but in any event, we loved each other in a way we shouldn't, but did anyway.

From one second to the next, he parted his lips. "Shit, sis, you're dymaite of a woman."

Then he suddenly had to shoot his load, but I didn't even look down there. I just felt it all splash down on my stomach and pussy, and felt the love bloom once again. We stayed close, so his speed made sure to get him as well.

All the while, he kept his palms on my butt as well, and hurt me a tad, but I didn't mind. I cherished every second of it, and made sure to milk him for every drop I could get. Not that I wanted to deplete him, but something dpown the road.

"Oh, thank you, Richard," I said, backing away. "I knew you loved me, but shit."

"I love you more than you know," he muttered.

Then we suddenly heard the door creak open. "Ew, what the fuck are you two doing?" we heard Carol gripe.