" Shut up you little prick tease and take off your fucking clothes. You know better than to back talk your father."Muffin reached to the bottom of her...stretch halter to and pulled it over her head. She then pulled off the shorts to stand naked in front of Bob. Her delicate hands removed Bob's tie and started on his shirt buttons, but in a fit of confused rage, she ripped at his shirt and tore it from his shoulders.Bob a loud slap filled the room and Muffin fell onto the bed. "You're a little. Few of them understood the ceremony of cutting the ribbon, but they liked all the cheering and noise of the celebration.Rose came along side Dave and took hold of his hand. He looked down on his stepdaughter and smiled. “What’s up Pumpkin?”“Nothing special,” she replied. “I’m just happy. I love all these people and I know they love me.” She gestured around them at the herd of adults strolling up the Airport Road toward Circle Drive.“That’s a good way to be. I love all of them, too.”“Oh, I know.. " No I don't mean instead of you; I mean as well as you. Buy one tomorrow who knows about wine. If you get one who doesn't I'll have the hide off both of you."With that he took his headache and his temper to bed. In his bedroom Radeyah was waiting for him, kneeling beside the bed in the obeisance position, so that the first view he had was of her fat arse cheeks hanging over the tops of her ample thighs. Snatching a whip from the side table he lashed out blindly at them.Whish ... THWACK!Radeyah. Not natural.”“But sleeping with us seems to help his asthma attacks. He sleeps over on my side now and...”“Like that makes any real difference? You stopped being a real wife a long time ago!” The pain of being such a failure to her husband sliced through her once again and her dejection was near complete. The once attractive blonde took her head in her hands and sobbed.“Iʼm sorry, Iʼve been such a disappointment to you.”“Well, Iʼm sorry too. God, whatʼs happened to you, Helen? You were.