Though I don’t really need to, do I?’ Tess knew that was true. That was about the only thing she’d figured out in all this – that she had comp...etely screwed her life up. How she actually felt, what she was going to do now, she had no idea about that stuff. Liz stayed and talked, and held Tess again when she cried, but eventually Liz had to go. The next visitor really was a surprise, but if Tess had known that Josh was coming, she really would have gone insane beforehand. He walked in to her. We didn’t pick a date when we would visit but delayed that by letting them know we were going to be moving soon and would want to get settled in our new home before we took any more trips. By the time dinner was over it was almost ten. We wandered and found three of the clubs where dancing was happening. Each had different music catering to different aged dancers. We danced once and Janice stopped it after about twenty seconds. It was a slow song and when she raised her arms to put them around. The others watched the back of her blouse andskirt recede and instantly moved into a circle to pulverise the male wimpin their midst. Almost before anyone had slung a single jibe, however, theintercom bleeped on Lettie's desk."Yes, Miss Watts?" Send Mister Fleecely in to me at once, Lettie. I've got some work for himto do."A sheet of stunned silence fell over the whole office as the girls turnedon Gordon. "What does she want him for?" asked big Amanda, "to have himsitting in front of her where. Following her out of the wagon, I gave her a tender kiss on the neck. She stiffened and then relaxed."Are you felling better now?" I asked."Yes. Though I'm still nervous about being around other men." I noticed that you were afraid last night when we made love." I'm sorry!" She began to cry.Holding her in my arms I just told her, "It's all right. I'm willing to wait until you are ready."She sniffed and wiped her nose on my shirtsleeve. "It's just that I remembered the slavers raping me from.