She missed the name but she caught the "Bed & Breakfast" part of the sign. The clerk nodded to him recognition but, to her relief, paid no attention t... Lauren.When they entered Dimitri's room, he locked the door and they looked each other in nervous anticipation. She smiled and said "We both know what we're here for. We might as well get to it." He nodded, stepped into the bathroom and started the bath. When he came back out she had just finished removing her shoes and he sat on the easy chair. "Did I hear you say you had fallen in love with me?" I did say that, didn't I? It came out unconsciously. I knew how I felt when you left the cottage that time. I couldn't say anything; I didn't have the right to love you and my telling you would put you in an awkward position. Do you mind?" Mind? I have spent the last twelve years remembering how it was, thinking how it felt to be near you, laying in bed with you, laughing with you. I kept this huge secret from everyone, never daring to let it. It was my little girl. Only she wasn’t little anymore bythe sound of her very grown up voice.“Nadine?” I said in shock and surprise.“Yeah, dad, it’s me,” She said sounding ready to cry.“How have you been, kiddo?” I asked.“Uhhh, fine, I guess… I just graduated College, dad.”“Congratulations, sweetie! Has it really been thatlong?!? I can’t believe my little girl is twenty-twonow!”“Yeah, dad, your little girl. Strangely, she had a collection of photos of the animals on the farm mating and she would look at it in the bathroom with the door locked and use the brush handle or her mama’s shampoo bottle with the snub-nosed top to exercise her snatch until she was able to get the tingle that signaled her release from the chains of sex-deprived frustration. She knew it was a sin but it was a lot better than hooking up with some male with ideas about “doing it” in various ways that seemed a lot more depraved.