She hugged her family and hopped in the truck, smiled and kissed me and we were off. She sat close to me on my bench seat and I had my arm around her...now sleeping body. I pulled into a rest stop and she woke as I moved to exit the truck. “Morning sleeping beauty,” I said. “Hey,” she said groggily as she smiled. She got out and jumped on the hood of my truck to lie down as I went inside. I returned to her and I told her we should take a walk. She jumped off the hood and snatched my hand with. .." she said. "Seriously, I don't want to..." Shh," he whispered. "Yeah you do... just one good fuck... tell me you don't want to..." I don't," she said, voice wavering as his hand slid under her tight t-shirt. Still, she didn't push him away. Because the truth was, she could use a good fuck. She hadn't had sex in over a month, and that had been with Joey, who always came in under a minute."I don't believe you," he whispered, his hand sliding farther up her side, right up to her bra."We'll get. "How long you staying in the area?" I asked."About a month or more. I'm house sitting for my friend Bert. You should come over next time; he's got a great place. He even has a heated pool out back." Jay saw my smirk and realized the connection to the story I told about Ellen. "Hey, I didn't mean it that way. I was just offering ..." I know. Hey, maybe we can take you up on it sometime since we don't have a pool." I'm sure Jay would remind me often anyway. We shook hands and went our separate. .Part 2 - the IncidentShortly after we returned from our honeymoon, one night Kate and I got a call from the hospital Emergency Room, that Amber had been severely beaten during an assault. My name was in Amber's wallet as the contact in case of emergency, even after two years after our broken engagement. After we arrived, we found she had been badly beaten and traumatized, but mercifully not raped and that it had happened at her apartment. Amber's ex high school boyfriend had been stalking her.