The bottom line was that Arabella had left town with another man. No one knew where she was or when she would be back. Trying to bury the resentment a...d disappointment he felt, Simon stepped off the porch and walked down the tree-lined street towards the temporary Officer's Club that had taken over a small restaurant.Simon ate dinner alone and then wandered into the bar. It was a loud smoky place dominated by boisterous knots of people, everyone talking and laughing too loud but still managing. In fact, I had been awake most of the night. I had tried to sleep but I kept waking up stressed and in a panic because today I would become a whore. Before the sun sets today I will become a whore. More troubling, I will be a white whore for black men. The alarm went off again to tell us that it’s now 6:45. Dan turned over and put his arm over me and pulled me closer to him. “Oh babe. I wish we could stay like this all day.” Dan said.That would be nice I said.“But.... work calls” Dan. She had read the note I had left on the kitchen table, and she had prepared a light meal, knowing that the kids would have eaten a lot of ice-creams and were not likely to be hungry. I noticed at once that she hadn't changed her clothes. She was wearing the same yellow summer dress that she had laid out in the morning."And of course your daddy has not made you do your homework, has he?" No, mommy, we went to the beach right after he got home." OK, kids, up to your rooms you go. Do your homework. “Oh, come on, honey, I was just joking with you. I meant no harm. I like the dress you’re barely wearing, very sexy.”“Thank you, the only problem with my dress,” she began stepping closer to him, “Is that the more it is opened in front, the more I want to spread my legs.”“Can I try it?”“Be my guest.”They watched as he untied the bow that hardly kept her dress closed. The material fell to the sides revealing her inner bare breasts and lower body. She moved her right foot aside, the opening now.