History, umm, actually, 19th century reform movements.’ Now I’ve long been self-conscious and was even more so about my place of study. I don’t ...ike braggarts and didn’t want to seem like one. ‘So where do you work?’ I quickly asked hoping to change the subject. ‘I work at a bio-tech company in Kendall Square, maybe you know it?’ She told me the name and it being the largest of those companies in the area I of course knew of it. She told me she did something involving eye-sight but I cannot. "Found me?" Kaitie interrupted."Yea," Beth said, looking puzzled. "You don't remember being out by thepond?" "By the pond?" The pond she refered to was near their house, on the landthat their family owned after Kurt's industrial accident. As thequestion formed on her lips the recollection of things she'd done andlived as Kurt flowed steadily through her mind. The pond was, ever sincethat accident, a favorite place for Kurt to hang out and 'get away' tothink from time to time. He'd play his. “కా…కానీ…అమ్మ…” అని మాటలు తడబడుతూ ఉంటే కళ్ళు విప్పార్చుకుని నాసళ్ళవంకే చూస్తున్నాడు. వాడి వెనకే రిజ్ వచ్చి,డోర్ తీసి, గబుక్కున వేసి, గడియ పెట్టింది.“అమ్మ సరే అంటేనే సుష్మ ఆంటీ బట్టలు విప్పింది. వెళ్ళు” అని తోసింది. జింక మీదకి ఆకలి మీద ఉన్న పులిలాగ ఎక్కేసేడు. ముద్దులు పెట్టుకుంటూ, సళ్ళు పిసికేస్తూ, చీకేస్తూ రెచ్చిపోయాడు.నన్ను కూర్చోబెట్టి, తొడలు విడ దీసి, ఆవురావుమని నాకడం మొదలు పెట్టేడు. రిజ్ వాడి బట్టలు ఊడదీసింది. చాలా బావున్నాడు కుర్రాడు. రిజ్ కూడా బుర్ఖా తీసేసింది.కింద బ్రా, పేంటీ తప్ప ఏమీ. . ." She trailed off and looked embarrassed. "Sorry if I offended you," Ed said with an easy smile. "I mean, you did say... ." Yeah, well, sometimes I say things I really shouldn't just to see if I can shock people," Carol said. But, she thought to herself, if my daddy looked like you, Ed...?Then she gave Ed a wicked smile. She liked this older man. She was really enjoying his company."Besides, Ed, can't a girl have a 'daddy thing' without it being her actual daddy?"Ed almost choked on the sip.