She quickly came back and we started out first round of jolly ranchers, "Ummmm these are good," she said. We followed those up with a few Washington a...ples and then some woo-woos before she went to make her rounds again.When she cam back a 1/2 hour later I could tell she was starting to feel the effects. "Come on lets do a few more," I told her."Are you trying to get me drunk?" she asked with a playful smile on her face."Wow a 22 year old college girl can't hang with an old guy like me? I. Impulse flirting with expectation, excitement courting danger, the closeness of two bodies coming together stimulating arousal, her eyes glaring with erotic threat, her breathing increasing, her breasts rising and falling, impatient fingers tugging and pulling at the buttons on her blouse, two weighty tits defying gravity, tumbling out in front of his eyes. Senses buzzed and heart beats raced, pulses fluttered and throbbed, hormonal chaos fuelling a burning obsession, a surge of blood firing. Ihugged her to me and kissed her ponytail.“I’m not sad right now,” I said.We watched the boats on the bay for a while, thenNikkie said, “I really like some modern writers too.Like Larry McMurtry, and Lynne McFall. Oh, and PatConroy. ‘The Prince of Tides’ just made me totally cry.I like Sarah Schulman too.”“I’ve heard of Sarah Schulman,” I said. I looked downat my sister. “Isn’t she a lesbian writer?”“Yeah.. She said I couldn’t live with you, she said she wouldn’t let me. I… I yelled at her and ran away.’ ‘It’s okay, sweetheart. We’ll all be okay.’ ‘When’s my dad coming home?’ ‘Soon. He’ll know what to do.’ ‘I can’t go back there. I’ll…’ She shifted her feet as she thought about what she’d do. ‘I’ll run away again if you make me go back there.’ ‘What did she do to you?’ Kendall asked, alarm in her voice. ‘Did she hurt you?’ She flipped on the light in the kitchen. The angry, red hand print on.