_______________________________________________________________I thought I meant what I said about being a nudist around my dad's house but not even l...nch came around that I wore my pj's again. For the next following days I been trying to avoid my dad and he seemed not to notice how I been staying in my room a lot on my insecurities near him. I really love my dad but what happened before all of this started gives me the shivers. My dad touched me. He even rubbed me and I loved it but I don't. Tom sighed when Zoie wasn't waiting for him. He wasn't surprised, notreally, but he preferred to be on time. Still, it's not as if he neverlearned - a few years back, he had moved their meeting time *just* earlyenough so that if Zoie was running late (as usual), they'd still get toclass by the last bell, without racing too much.Still, Tom thought he'd punish her a little, and see if the app hedownloaded worked on anyone other than him. He knew that she'd light upon their walk to school,. . and besides," she added with a twinkling grin, "it locks automatically when you shut it." Jesus, you're beautiful!" Phillip said, without a trace of nervousness or awkwardness now. Somehow it all seemed right... her being there nearly naked, his being alone with her. It was as if at that very instant in time, something snapped within him, some little switch somewhere deep in his brain suddenly closed. And he was suddenly feeling the beginning of a glowing power and self-confidence he'd never. "Krissy, I wanted to give you a chance to comment on an article that's going to tomorrow's paper. You can probably tell that you're on speakerphone. I'm here with my editor, Rachel Langhorn."And her editor and his editor as well."Hello, Miss Mackley," Rachel said."Hello," Krissy said. "So this is something serious?" You might say so," I answered. When I was finished explaining the story, the line was silent."Krissy?" I asked."Yes?" Her voice was trembling."Comment?" You guys can't print that!".