It was a deep psychological pain inaccessible to a father’s kiss. Only patience, love, and time could reach it.“I understand completely,” I assu...ed her.Alia continued. “I started keeping Jasmin in bed with me. It comforted her. It helped her to sleep. It provided the safety and security she so desperately needed.”Smiling, I interjected, “I did the same for Sia.”Alia nodded and smiled slightly. She twirled her half-empty beer glass and looked down at it. Her voice grew softer. “Jasmin stayed in. “Hey slut!” Darlene yelled. “Are you going outside naked?”“Ooops!” Candice exclaimed. “Shit!” She looked at her clothes scattered around the room. Her shoulders slumped at the delay.“I’ll get him,” Claire said. She was the only one still dressed, after all. She stood up and smoothed her wrinkled skirt. “Back in a sec,” she said.Prince was one of Mrs. Hill’s ‘special’ breeding stock dogs. Breed for sex and protection; not for their pedigree. He was a collective mix of Doberman Pincher,. Soon that wasnt exciting enough, so they started going to seedy motels, pretending they were cheating on their spouses, and last week they had fucked each other in a bars mens room. It was the wildest sex Frank had ever experienced. The thrill of getting caught had been intoxicating. They could hear men moving around the bathroom, while they tried to keep their ever growing passion quiet. Knowing that the only thing separating the two of them from being found out was the thin metal of stalls. Even Jessica’s parents who were solid Catholics were guilty of sin they had ignored and had never confessed. And no, their sins were not sexual in nature, though her dad did sometimes have a wandering eye. Greed and lack of charity was their greatest weakness, but I’d find out that was a common failure among most people.My heart yearned to make these people face their sins and ask for forgiveness. Yet I knew I had to save my energy for those I had sinned against and raise them up to know and.