I was working in the yard and an old g/f came by to visit. It was hot that day, humid and the hard work had made me sweat something fierce so my frien...s visit was a welcome reprieve from the heat. Going into the basement where it was cooler we had the usual small talk that people have when they haven’t seen each other for a long time. Eventually things turned towards ‘personal’ details of our lives. We both expressed disappointment in our current relationships and the lack of passion and sex in. The day is a bore too, as usual, but at least Terri has her new song to think about. When she comes home mom must have been out playing bridge with her boring friends, because she is nowhere to be seen. Dad arrives soon, though, and Terri hears him climbing the stairs to her room.When dad opens the door, Terri lifts her head from the music mag she is reading and raises herself to a sitting position on the bed. She is wearing an oversized loose shirt which is hanging off one shoulder, white. ‘Excuse me?’ an impatient voice spoke to her breaking her from her daydreams. She flushed realizing that she had spoke allowed, and she stopped her task, realizing that she had stopped massaging him and was actually caressing him. ‘Well, that will be enough for today. Let me help you back in your chair and then we can get you started on some exercises,’ she said. He shrugged nonchalantly. She could tell this wasn’t going to be an easy assignment. She came home that night in tears. All through. Our barn and other out-buildings were all bigger than our house and, rightly so; that is where we spent most of our time. Dad in his spare time also sold and repaired farm machinery. “Renee” my father said at dinner, “I am leaving for Minnesota in the morning and I’ll be gone for two weeks, he said.” Yet another long business trip. Dad always drove, most of his tools and manuals were in his truck. “You are going to miss my birthday and graduation,” I said with a mouth full of spaghetti. “I.