You have to be the good father.’ ‘I made a terrible mistake, and I have almost made an even worse one thinking that the father was not consistent ...ith the man. But I’ve learned my lesson Anna. You are now and have always been the perfect mate for me, and I had no business trying to turn you into anything less just for the sake of my comfort. I am a good father, and I will be well behaved, but never think that your lover is far away. I am never hiding him again.’ I thought that this might have. Yet, I was not wet at all.As he laid naked next to me in silence, he pulled my legs apart. I was so scared and frightened and I didn't know what to do, so I began to pray for all this to just go away. I want to go back home now please, oh dear God! But it was too late and that was when I felt it.He was licking and sucking each one of my legs and then moved up to my knees and continued moving up. Then he spoke for the very first time."I can taste the heat of your inner thighs, inflamed with. There is some great hiking and all, but you'll have a roof over your head." Indoor plumbing and a bed..." Just starting that sentence set off a shock-wave in my belly."Indoor plumbing and a bed," he agreed. "All to yourself unless you decide you want company." I appreciate that," I said quietly. "I'm just still trying to figure out my feelings."He grinned at me. "After the hospital, are you sure it's your feelings you need to figure out?"I swatted his arm and laughed. "Can't a girl have some. That was odd, because Jan was astonishingly neat for a 12-year-old - for anyone, really - and quite fastidious. Seeing the crisp jeans and the yellow tee-shirt - which were due for replacement soon, because Jan, at 12, was growing awfully fast, all of a sudden - on the floor made me frown in surprise. Doubly so because they hadn't been there that morning, when I left for work. So Jan had come home, tossed the jeans and shirt on the floor and - what?I started toward the little spiral stairway.