That thought would not go away.Serge broke the kiss and took one short step back, trailing one hand down her dress-covered belly, stopping just above ...er mound. His fingers pressed as he looked into her eyes and murmured, “This where the fire is?”The pressure of his fingers triggered her to begin unbuttoning her dress as she replied, “Oh, yes, but it’s spreading.”His hand now stopped her unbuttoning, “May I have the pleasure?” Then without waiting for her, what would have been eager approval,. Before I could responds she went on. "I mean, I do want to do this obviously, but I don't know if I can live with the consequences." If it helps any, I won't remember the details tomorrow, so I don't see how it can effect out friendship." I explained."Don't think I didn't take that into consideration," she informed me. She pulled into the long wooded drive of the house at the end of the road."So sweetie, its time to fish or cut bait," I said."Okay, I'm going to be a fisher person damn it," she. ”“Wouldn’t he be able to help, administratively? Take some of the burden off you.”“Well, there are three reasons why that wouldn’t work: He has a full-time job now and so could not take off the time; I’m not sure I would trust him around all this exposed female flesh – at least you are a similar age to them; and he is currently shagging some girl ten years younger than him. So, as you can see... “ she started to cry. She did miss having a shoulder to rest on. He found himself comforting this. "But it didn't happen this time, Dad. Please, let it go. You can't worry about the way that life turned out. This one is already proving far, far better."Dad gave me a guilty smile, realizing that he had been about to get angry with his wife for something that hadn't happened as far as their reality was concerned. Then I saw Dad raise an eyebrow and give me an odd look."What?" So, are you going to be able to make us rich?" You mean like with the stock market and that sort of thing?" He nodded..