Promise or not she has to tell her dad. “I want you to have a party with some of the guys from your work softball team.” Katie pauses for just a m...ment. “Tom, Sean, Chris, and Trey. A BBQ pool party. I want to tease them like Laura and I teased you and her dad. If they talk to you about me like Laura’s dad did, I want you to encourage them to look at me, and if they tell you things they want to do with me, to me; then I want you tell them they can. If they want be sneaky with me, I don’t. I couldn’t breathe for a moment, and felt that familiar feeling between my legs that I had been longing for. “Well, good morning,” I said, breathless. “Good morning,” he murmured, touching my cheek briefly and then climbing out of the bed. I followed suit, and padded over to the bathroom as Conrad threw on a polo and khakis, the uniform of an IT guy. I quickly threw my hair into a bun, and then dressed in a simple blue dress and heels. I was a forensic psychologist, and it always bugged Con. You didn’t do anything wrong. She just knows that I’m involved with a charity, that’s it. We’ll take care of it, from here.”“Cas, I’m so sorry. I promise I won’t say anything like that again. You know I would never...”“I know. It’s fine. Really. We haven’t talked in a while, how’s school?”We spent the next ten minutes catching up, although she tried to apologize several more times. While I wasn’t thrilled she’d given my name out to someone who, from the sounds of it, was going to be a pain in. "I have a sister and I figured out how a boy got to go out with her. You think your father is protective? You should meet my Dad." You have a sister? You never mention her. How about other family members?" I have the traditional family I guess. You know, father, mother, sister and brother. Dad runs a family-owned hardware store. I even own some shares. They all work in the store including my sister's husband. We're pretty close and I get letters all the time from them. I wasn't interested that.