"I'm really, really sorry, Dad." "Do you were remember when you were a little girl and you misbehaved?" he asked. She looked a... him quizzically. "Yea, Dad. Why?" "Remember how you were taught your lesson?" A look came over her face that was hard to describe. She went pale and stammered,"Dad, that was twenty years ago. I was a little girl. I'm a grown woman now. You can't expect...." He took her hand firmly. "You are still an irresponsible. Was it in her to indulge in a sexual encounter with someone of the same sex? She felt her heart rate expediting at the thought, fear clutching at her insides. Would she really? She discounted the thought and willed her inner self to succumb to the idea that she was merely readying herself because she cared for her body and was proud of the fact that she was at all time presentable. Laura realised how possible it was to convince herself that it was business as usual. Yet, with every stroke of. But this was also the first time Jim had seen her in almost a month, with her citing she had other plans those weekends.That evening, Terri stayed with a lot of her friends, and pretty much ignored Jim. Mickie even noticed the change in her too, and told Jim it wasn’t his fault she was being rude. What caught Jim as funny, was the fact they had made plans to go next month to a state park, down in the southern part of the state, and stay at a cabin. Terri surprised Jim when she also invited. Her meals were even more wonderful than Rosie's, a combination of both her mother's and her grandmothers' instructions, and she proved to be a wonderful housekeeper. God knows where she found the time to pick up after her mother, join me at the garden and the workshop, cook, clean, laundry and keep her grades up. I know only that she did all this, and without ever complaining to me even once about it.Suzie was about the only thing in my life which held me back from the depths of frustration..