She slapped my hand away. “I said get off it. I just want to sleep, Ponte”.I knew that there was nothing that I could say to her to make her chang... her mind. If I pushed any further I would be just like the assholes that she had been dealing with.“Ok, I get the hint” I said taking her now empty wine glass. “You can’t sleep in your dress” I said and went to my dresser and got some boxers and an old t-shirt and put them on the bed. She looked up at me with what was relief in her eyes.“Some. They were old, but even at 72 she didn’t feel old. She felt like she was 50 inside. She felt that getting immersed in a community of old people would age her faster than anything. She didn’t want that.Her larder was empty of bread and lunch meat, so a trip to the grocery store was on the agenda for the day. Not driving made shopping difficult. On bad weather days, she took a taxi to and from the supermarket. On good weather days, when she felt energetic, she walked to the supermarket. She never. “But sweetie, you told me earlier this week that today was your worst day, which is why you were gonna take it easy during your prom. I’m not going to bust a nut within my own daughter and make her pregnant.”“But daddy, we love each other! In fact, our love is true. You’re the only man I ever want to be with and it would be an honour to carry your children. Please daddy, for me”Rick still had some doubt but he kissed his daughter on her cheek and whispered: “Ok, just for you.” With a giant. They were still trying to figure out why their dates were not receptive to their advances.Laura was starting to think that maybe she was just sexually unattractive. She had to know if something was wrong with her. In desperation she got off of her bed and threw a robe over her naked body and walked through the bathroom and knocked on David’s door. She didn’t have to ask if she could come in but waited a few seconds knowing her brother was probably as naked as she was and give him time to pull.