Dad walked me through a short inspection of my sister. He pulled her hair, flicked her ears, played with her cute upturned nose. He grabbed her tongue...and pulled it out of her mouth like it was a rubber band and he looked in her mouth. “Look for plaque or white stuff. You probably won’t have time to spank her right away. You can do that when you get home. Make a list of all the things she does wrong during the day, and we can review them together if you aren’t sure how to punish your sister.. “Sometimes,” she said. “It depends on the topic. Usually it’s about how I treated you that causes it now. It used to be when I tried to talk about Joyce.”“You and Joyce seemed to manage OK at the wedding,” I said.“I’m OK talking to her, but I don’t know that I could ever be her friend. She betrayed my trust and that’s hard to get over, at least for me. You’ve managed it with Jennifer. And me, to an extent.”“Love had a lot to do with that. I betrayed you and you got over it.”“Yes, and I think. I look in the mirror to fix my hair or my face and I see the chain and I take out the heart locket and I feel, well, let’s say, very, very affectionate about you. I confess, I think about your hands. Hands and fingers. Remind me to kiss them tonight? A full confession, I think about your hands and fingers on me. On my bare skin….oh, baby…(INSERT PAUSE HERE – I’LL BE BACK) Told you girls do it, too. Don’t’ worry, I’ll tell you all about it tonight. I love you so much I want you to love me too. I. And he was so good to me, and we met again during the Christmas holidays but you know all that.“Then when I went home I made my peace with Victor. He forgave me, and he was gentle and I wanted to show him how much I loved him. I made the running.“At the time I hadn’t made any commitment to Ian beyond emails, and thanks to my server junking his mails I thought he had thought better of it, and Victor was the whole package – he’s considerate, loving, caring and he’s a superb lover.“That’s why I.