Janey? Janey! Come here this instant! Janey hurried from the closet, which was actually bigger than the whole cottage she shared with her mother and ...wo sisters. ‘Yes ma’am?’ she asked, her eyes to the floor to avert the gaze of those evil turquoise eyes. Vanessa spoke to the woman as though she was a child-even though she was actually only a year younger than she was. ‘Now Janey, just look at these boots! Did you shine these boots?’ ‘Yes Mizz Vanezza. I surely did!’ Janey could actually see. I have always had a little competitive, tom-boy streak in me. So, I went with it and stayed passive, sort of like, "Yeah, so what?" I remember the scent of the fabric softener Mom had always used. My nose was sort of pressed out flat. When he finally let me up, I looked to see him smiling. "Well then, why don’t you have a real good look?" he said, challenging me. I will admit to being a bit curious, and I was never one to back off a dare. I tried to work my fingers into the slot in his. " I lied. It had been a lot in college.Jen seemed at a loss for words. But then, "Well no. But I've always wondered." It's different."It had been maybe a dozen years for me, but there I was, naked, next to a beautiful naked woman, sitting in a hot tub."Can I touch you?" She didn't say yes and she didn't say no. So I took that as maybe.I ran my finger from her ear down her neck to her shoulder. Jen took a deep breath and let it out all the way.Then with my palm up I ran a fingernail gently . I feel pretty good about helping the guy out but I sort of feel bad for the professor.”“She made her choices,” Phil said, echoing Bob Prohl.“I know,” Hailey said but she didn’t sound convince.“It sounds to me that you could have laid the boots to her,” Phil said. “She could have gotten out of bed tomorrow with no job, no family, no anything. You left her an out. If she follows the rules, she’s going to be fine. Yeah, she might get passed over for tenure the first time she’s up for it but she’ll.