Trina accepted Laura's mumbled excuses so easily that Laura's guilt gradually dissipated, and after an hour or so she began to feel as if her scorchin... sexual encounter with Sholandra had happened days, not hours, ago.Trina put Shawna to bed, then reappeared about ten minutes later wearing an enchanting peach-hued wispy babydoll nightie."What do you think?" she asked coyly, modeling it. "I got it just for you." Oh my god," Laura said, tears of confusion coming to her eyes briefly as she. Complicated." I know, Mom," I said, trying to hold back the tears that had alreadybegun to spill out. I knew that Josh had probably moved on - I justhadn't accepted that thought. Having her point it out was not what Iwanted her to do. "Maybe I should just cancel dinner." I wouldn't do that, Honey," she said. "I know it will be tough to seehim, but it will teach you how to deal with the situation, and I'm sureyour father will be upset with the ramifications it might have on yourcareer."Her words. One of the hospital staff took the other one asI met my families driver outside my suite. Taking my heavier bag from me,he lead me to the ground floor, all the formalities had been taken are ofas I was lead out to a waiting silver Mercedes. All the while, I wasaware of my skirt brushing against my thighs, the snugness of mylingerie, the tap of my heels on the ground, and my hair blowing behindme in the breeze. Everything was different, my walk, balance, everything.As we were driven away, I. God and Nature both can see my nakedness, my shame, my shuddering breasts, all the heavier for the exertion. My chest does not rise, breathing is shallow, my fear is an abyss. To the saddle horse he leads. I hesitate. The sun shines just barely this far, cupping my left heel in it's golden touch. He removes his hand from my flesh. Now I draw in a sputtering, fearful breath. One foot now between my own, his right foot, kicking gently, spreading me apart by degrees. My hands go to the.