I held my arms out and wrapped her up as tight as I could. I couldn’t tell if she was scared of me, or the future, or the past, or what was happenin.... “Kim, baby, please don’t be afraid of me. Please. Look, we need to talk, and get this all out in the open. I need to know what you were thinking when you hesitated to come over to me. Were you ... Did somebody ... Have you been molested?”She nodded, but said, “A little.”“Kim, I know this is going to be tough, but we need to clear the air so that. "I take showers," I countered."You are exhausted," she explained. "You could lie back and relax." I might fall asleep in the bath." I'll be with you." I'm a man," I said embarrassed."There's nothing you got that I didn't have this morning." But..." Besides," she insisted. "I need you as mom, not dad. It'll only take a half an hour. Then I'll go to sleep. Promise." Well..." I vacillated."I'll draw the water," she pushed."Okay," I said giving in."Thanks, mom, you won't regret it."She gave me a. . it?s hard to concentrate. It hurts.??I know it hurts. Concentrate!?I tried. ?There?s a tension, a tighteningfeeling in my ass ... my rectum.?Mark wrote everything down in his pocketbook. Then he turned the screw again. I involuntarily arched my back andtried to brace myself, starting to whimper.?That was only a half-turn? Mark said. ?Now Iwill continue. Feel free to shout or scream. There?s nothing to beashamed of.? Mark completed the turn.?Ooooh god!? I was struggling to overcomethe. I know I need to look good for the current man in my life.”That last comment took me by surprise but I didn’t say anything.When we got to the aid station, I had one of the EMTs look at Jennifer’s arm. His diagnosis was what I had suspected – a green stick fracture – and he told us that the splint could probably come off. He told Jennifer that she could try moving around without the arm being in a sling and once she felt comfortable, she could dispense with the sling as well.Jennifer was.