The Techs' were loading a gurney inside while group of clowns watched. Larry saw me and I asked him what had happened."'Beanpoles' dead Michelle, he f...ll off his stilts and we thought it was a new routine he was trying out, but he didn't move. We goofed around acting like it was part of the act and carried him outside. He's dead as a doorknob." The cops had arrived by that time and were asking questions. Something clicked in my mind and I asked Larry where 'Beanpole's' stilts were. They had. They must have heard me carrying my bags down the stairs, but they didn’t come out. I knocked on Emily’s bedroom door quietly but neither answered me. ‘I’m leaving now. I’ve left my new address on the kitchen table,’ I called through the door. I couldn’t think of anything else to say, so I started making my way down to the car. I had no sooner got to the bottom of the stairs, when Bridget came dashing down after me. ‘Dad, wait! Don’t go, please?’ she begged. ‘Bridget, I’m sorry but I have to.. " Come with me then." I got his shirt over his shoulders and began running my lips over his neck and ears. "We can fuck in the car. Screw on the plane. Make love at the hotel." Stay here." He moaned. "We can find new places to leave stains."I laughed softly. We had left quite a mess for housekeeping in the living room one evening including one stain they had not been able to remove. They had to replace the cushion. "You know my price." I whispered. "Say the word and I will cancel the trip.". " I paused. "Dawn?" Yes, darling?" Are you OK with this? Do you really want to go any further with this? Should we call this a one day fling and forget it, go back to being whatever we were before I put on this skirt?" Could you?" I don't know. For you maybe I could." Gus, you're sweet. That's what made me love you, you think about me and what I need as much as you think about yourself. That's a very feminine trait, you know. When you get down to it, the feminine side of you is what drew me to.