My step-daughter was as pleasant as she could be and I missed her company. We probably bonded over our subservience to her mother and our efforts at f...mily life were very much directed at keeping the peace. Jen was in the military also and requested an assignment to my location and, within a few months, she and Michelle, her daughter who we called Mikey, arrived, and I guess I will admit I was now glad to see them. I had the my house on a quiet street off the base prepared for family life.Jen. Today though, I'd got chatting to Lynsey. She was on the same scheme and werealised that I passed her house on my way into work. This was opportune asher car was being serviced and she would have had to work late until herbrother could pick her up. Ever the gentleman and a sucker for a pretty face Ioffered her a lift home, aiming to impress her in my TVR 350. This was agrade-A bird puller, babe magnet and quite a good sports car as well! The day had been bright and warm, but was one of those. The bastard. ‘Yeah well… fuck you.’ She was embarrassed that she couldn’t come up with a better retort. Tears came to her eyes as she stormed through the room, slammed the door behind her, grabbed her skis and went to the ski slopes. ‘Why is he doing this to me? I’m fucking miserable, and he’s making it worse. Fuck him!… Fuck him, fuck him, fuck him!’ ‘Shit, just when the situation calls for silence is when you talk the most. Damn, it was supposed to be a joke, I thought maybe she’d smile.’ She. Since you ask, not really, no." That's OK." I don't mean to hurt your feelings." You aren't hurting my feelings. Go ahead, tell me what you think." Well, I think it was -- primitive. And, sure, the noise scared me a couple of times. But, jeez, Sandy, there's a big difference between being startled, momentarily, by a sudden noise, and being threatened by a 95 mile-per-hour fastball coming at your head." You mean, because one instance of being frightened was clearly only a lab experiment." Well..