"He told me you have agreed..."I nodded. I wanted him to take the initiative."I - I stopped at Lacy's on the way home," he said, changing the subject....Lacy was the local lingerie statement - a set from Lacy's would have me broke for a month. "Thought I would pick up something for you." Abruptly, he turned on his heel and walked away, leaving me half-naked and puzzled. Why Lacy's?I shut the door after him, then placed the box on the bed. A part of me wanted to bawl myself out for having let an. Within seconds, an ice cold beer was retrieved from the refrigerator behind the bar and was sitting in front of me. The beads of condensation began to form immediately on the bottle. I have always savored that first sip of an ice cold beer on a hot day. This beer was special since it was my favorite kind of beer. It was both cold and free, or at least included in the price of our stay. I’m 6’0 and 185 pounds with an average build. I consider myself average in general and have always been. Whether she realizes it or not, she's practicing on you." You mean like the kissing?" Exactly. But not just obvious things like that. I mean, she's been flirting and opening up her heart to you, because she feels safe with you. You'll neither reject her nor take advantage of her. She's learning how to become a woman, and you're helping her." I guess that makes sense. So what should I do then?" Let her flirt. Go ahead and flirt right back, in fact. Let her know that she really can be attractive. ”Any more c******n?”“No. Only one. I haven’t even seen my daughter in fifteen years. Not since she was five. years old.”It didn’t take Nathan long to find out she had needed she could talk to. The story tumbled out from there on, and he finished without interrupting her.“Her father was an Australian. I was married once before. I don’t like to remember it. We met and married in Houston. We didn’t have much then. We had some trouble, and.