"Ican explain everything! It's... it's me." I sighed, "It's Jason."* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *"Hahahaha! Oh my god!" laughed Kelly, tears starting...to form in hereyes."This isn't funny," I grumbled. "Besides, you seem quick to believeme." Sorry, sorry," she said, wiping a tear from her eye. "And yeah, Ibelieve you because... why not? You knew about that time you let mehang around with your band and I got drunk right?" Yeah, I know. But I mean I could've told that story to some randomgirl. ” --- A short while later they’d headed out. The primary restaurant/bar area near the pool had been closed for the evening for the exclusive purpose of the party and the back wall had been opened onto the beach, apparently being made up of non-permanent partitions. They drifted through the bar area picking up a drink each and a couple of canapes, making their way onto the beach. There was quite a crowd – larger than Tegan would have expected, but the resort was more extensive that what she’d. I grabbed a corner of the bedspread and threw it over myself and began to yell at my daughter Melissa. Amanda put her hand on my chest and then a finger over my lips and said, “It’s okay, it is okay. The girls have been on a journey of discovery here for months. Just relax. They ate really quite beautiful!” I know my mouth had to have dropped off of its hinges as I looked into Amanda’s deep dark eyes and perceived a truth yet unspoken. Melissa had come home from school, the first day of. Her mind’s eye became her private world. She could see clearly what she wanted to see. She could feel deeply all of her private desires and have unspoken needs satisfied all in one flash. He taught her how to separate herself from a hectic real life, of kids, husband and job. He taught her how to share with him a vast sky full of stars or a sun soaked prairie kissed with soft breezes, presenting a moment in time just waiting for them to slip through. She learned through him how to accept the.