I think she was almost ready to be flung down on the leaf-mould, but when we broke the kiss, I took her hand to continue the walk. It was a little lik... walking a spaniel puppy. She was positively bouncing.I had never met a girl like Dora. I won’t go into the ways she was different from Brooklynn; there’s just no comparison. Some might look at the surface and wonder, but they wouldn’t see the real difference, the important difference.Back at the van, I insisted we had sandwiches. I anticipated. ..My 16 yo daughter and I have developed a wonderful relationship over the years. Her mom left us for another guy when she was 2, but we have not looked back. As she matured, we became closer, in every sense of the word. The last few years she has wanted to go out more and start dating. It has been difficult for me to let her go, but I have encouraged her to date boys her age, and she has. I liked her first boyfriend. He was a good k** and a good influence on Courtney, but I am not too much. This is exactly what I’d always pictured her doing on the phone with me and longed to watch! Only the time for watching and waiting are over for me.I smile, making a shushing sound and stepping closer, closing the door behind me and relocking it. My eyes never break contact with hers and I smile as she starts to whimper with pent up desire as she realizes that she and I are finally going to break the unbearable sexual tension that has plagued us for months. She remembers, as do I, all those. "Be brave, but do not be foolish, Hero Minstrel Lincoln. It is not only the Damsels that depend on you, but our Caretaker Lisa and your Companion Cadence. And me. I depend on you, Lincoln. I could not stand to go back to that place where I would always be without you. I love you, my Hero. Bring us back our loved ones." Persephone kissed me long and hard. I nearly pushed her back into the room to make love one more time before I departed. Instead, I stood straight and looked her in the eye."I.