‘Hey beautiful,’ he murmured. He swore to himself as her eyes fell on the obviously full duffel bag. ‘You’re leaving?’ she asked, her eyes ...inding his. He made himself shake his head. ‘Just a business trip out west. I should be back by Friday,’ he answered. She studied his face and smiled. ‘I’ll miss you,’ she said, giving him a small smile. He forced himself to smile back. ‘Jess, I love you,’ he murmured, kissing her softly. She smiled. ‘I love you too,’ she murmured as he pulled away. He. Besides, it’s been a very faithful time keeper over the years. I only had it serviced once, in Chicago, about 12 years ago. It took too long to get it back.The first thing I told Jake was the short form of how I came to be a wanderer for most years of my life. The long story could fill a tome; Hell with all I’ve written over the years of my life about it, perhaps it does.I gave a basic story about Suzie, her dad, how I ran away, and my return home. My existence in this life of transient work. She feels chills run the length of her spine. Mary can’t remember the last time she felt this scared, including all the times he took her. ‘Da…daddy, what are you doing?’ He releases her and she falls onto the bed. Her skirt rises up but she quickly tries to conceal herself. ‘Oh baby, all this time, I’ve never been satisfied. I asked myself why? Why can’t I get enough? And I realized the answer this morning. I need you to want it. So this is what’s going to happen: you give me what I want with. It’s a good thing that they train you against mental attacks in the army.I don’t know how much longer we hugged each other like that. Without any clear decision, we began to swim towards the beach at the same time. In shallows she stood on her feet, and I noticed that her white bikini was now completely transparent and stretched firmly on her body. She kept walking towards her towel, and I kept checking her. Taking her towel she looked at her body for the first time and a small scream escaped.