Even before we entered we could hear the buzz of the myriad of guests that had shown up for father’s funeral and had now come to our house to pay th...ir final respects. Throughout our home were perhaps a hundred guests, milling around and talking in low whispers perhaps remembering special things about my father. There were the pompous partners from his law firm, the judges and clerks from the judicial system, and of course friends and neighbors from the community and, the many relatives from. He is an artist, and has, on several occasions, drawn her nude, even using her as a model in his art class. Despite the fact that they had spent literally hours together with her naked, the two of them had never acted like there was anything sexual between them. Jim and his wife had been having some difficult times, so we decided to take him out to dinner. Things were bad enough that he was sleeping in his studio rather than at home, so we thought that he could use some company. At dinner he. ’Then he said goodnight and went off to bed, leaving me to quietly ponder.When all is still, I make my way up and creep into Jez’s room. She’s in deep slumber. The smoke alarm is undisturbed.Entering my bedroom I lock the door.My trembling hands turn on play-back awkward.All the screen shows at first is her empty room. I spin the play forward until movement appears with Danny sat on her bed asking Jez to get into her nightdress.Jez is plainly shy saying she always changes in the bathroom.Just. ” I kissed her again. “Lynn?”“Yes?”“Forever.”“Forever, my Lover.” She turned to walk back to the other wives with a bit of a bounce in her step.I turned and called the girls together. They all came running over from the swings and lined up. That was the routine after swings. I got a hug and kiss from each and then we marched off to the van. The moms had the babies belted in place and as the girls came they each got into their car seat and were also belted in. It was always amazing and a concern.