He had raised her to believe only a freak would dress as awomen. Michelle had resisted what she was for most of her life. She needtenderness and perha...s a good psychologist.Sam gently kisses the tears and held her at arms length. She neededcheering up. He sang in his deep clear voice.Come stop your cryingIt will be alrightJust take my handHold it tightI will protect youFrom all around youI will be hereDon't you cryMichelle looked at him blinking through her tears. She had never heardhim. I should have written as she realised I was about to rape her. Wendy was the first to break a very strained silence. ‘James, darling,’ she muttered softly, ‘there are three more girls waiting downstairs. Elspeth’s gone to pick up another two from the station.’ ‘Oh, God,’ I moaned. I shut my eyes in anguish only to open them immediately as I saw Nina’s terrified face again. Fran, the only person with any moral standing at that moment, squatted down before me and took my hand, rubbing it gently.. This time I was meeting the girl in a red sweater like we had arranged online. When I arrived at the bar, she was surrounded by a half dozen young men. Young men means younger than me, but not much younger. Indeed, my date wore a deep-cut sweater showing a healthy amount of cleavage. Her nipples poking through the scarlet fabric made it clear she wore no bra as she promised.There was no reason for her to feel the blues on this day of romance like me. The boys circling around her lusting for her. "I began to wonder who could have influenced Amanda to choose that topic. I recently learned that there is a graduate student at our university who was formerly a military intelligence officer in the Army. He was stationed in Germany, a country reputed to be the center of cold war activity in Europe. I began to wonder whether my 15-year-old daughter was seeing this older man. Well, Bill, do you think my daughter is fooling around with a man almost twice her age?" That sounds rather accusatory,.