The country was also in dire economic straits and needed assistance from the United States to repair damaged infrastructure due to the war. De Gaulle ...anted every last American out of his country so that he could assume almost a de facto dictatorship of the government. At the same time, France was attempting to hang on to their colonial empire that had suffered greatly during the war years and it forced them to retrench their overseas commercial interests to a much smaller piece of the. As it was a week day, Ben was at college. Martina was curious to know more about him. “What is Ben studying at school?” she asked, casually. “At college… Geography, English and music.” “Music? He is in a band?” “No, not as such. He plays the cello. I don’t know what he’s going to follow up, really.” “Hmmm…” Martina sipped her tea, her inquiries leading to nothing. She would just have to wait to see. As it was her first day, Olivia gave Martina a gentle start, merely showing her around and. Running my fingers through her knotty hair, I tried to untangle as much as I could. Handing her a washcloth, I took the baby to dry off and left Ronnie to wash herself, and to play in the water as she wished while I got Alyssa dressed and down for her nap. Gathering up her clothes, I was going to throw them in the wash, because there were even scorch marks in her underwear, if you know what I mean. No sense getting clean and dressing in dirty clothes after. I left her a huge bath sheet to wrap. In this lighting, my sixteen-year-old body looked more beautiful than I felt. My perky 32b breasts almost looked bigger in the mirror as I peeled my shorts and panties off in one swift motion. My puffy nipples stared back at me.I turned on the shower and waited for the water to warm up before stepping in and closing the glass door. My mom has some high end and expensive soap and shampoo in her shower and in my mind, I smelled like a sophisticated woman afterwards. I stepped out of the shower.