Then I stepped forward and placed it over her head, and before she could react gave the belt a tug that cinched the loop around her neck.“Get down o... all fours,” I told herShe scrambled to obey me and quickly got herself positioned properly in front of me. I gave the improvised leash another small tug to make her look up at me. “You came without permission, Nadine,” I repeated. Ashamed, she looked down for a moment until I jerked her leash again. “You are obviously in great need of training. Instead, I walked her through the house, gave her a tour (she'd seen it one time before), and took her to the guest bedroom upstairs across the hall from my own."No girlfriend?" Maddie asked me."What?" I finally said"No girlfriend? I've looked around, and I don't see signs of anything that shows a girl or woman or whatever is in the house," Maddie said.I felt awkward. But thought I should at least explain it."No. My youngest is in college at Eastern Michigan. You know about her. My oldest lives. .. to ... describe... (gasp) ... what you just felt... (gasp)...” I huffed right back.After ten, of fifteen minutes of struggling to breathe again we both recovered enough to cling together and collapse into a deep, untroubled, sleep. However, the bed was disgusting and we ended up having to get up and move to the sofa bed. In the morning we staggered into the shower, made gentle love under the water and introduced Abby to the advantages of stand up sex. Once I got into the best position for. ”“No kidding! As much as Dad says I’m you, I’m also my own person.”“Yes, you are.”“I’ll listen,” Becky said.“Good. My first comment is that the two of you handled that discussion in a VERY adult way, in fact, better than most adults I know! I’m impressed, frankly. My concern, as I expressed to Mike, is that you’ve been through an extremely emotional and traumatic experience. Even that first time you asked him, you knew what was going on in your house and were under severe mental and emotional.