She told me she’d made more money from one night with a Japanese businessman than her father earned in a year as a schoolteacher back in Slovakia or...someplace. The poor kid looked bewildered, overwhelmed. I hope she’s OK.’ She fell silent for a moment. It shames me to have to confess that I happily drifted off into thoughts of beautiful eastern European girls with perfect teenaged bodies and no sexual morals. ‘Well, anyway,’ she resumed, ‘all the agencies, or at least the ones I’d be willing. This time however, I’d been invited by my host to take part in a post lecture Q&A/debate session. This was fairly novel to me and I had managed to persuade my home university to cough up for the extra night’s hotel bill (and if I could get away with it some convivial beers!). All in all there were about thirty-odd people, mainly postgraduates, present for the debate which went very well with some intelligent questions and hearty debate; always very gratifying for an academic. Post-debate my. I'll be OK. I'll go to the bathroom and take couple of pills and try to go back to sleep." I'm staying right here with you." No please Clarissa, just leave me be. I have a lot of thinking to do. Having you around is not going to help." Just leave and please close the door behind you."Now that I was untied, I got up, went to the bathroom to pee and took a couple of pain pills. My jaws and knees were still hurting quite a bit.I must have fallen asleep again because the next thing I knew was that. "I... If you want to." I nodded, my hand still pressed against her back. As she nuzzled me, she took hold of my free hand and pressed it against the bottom of her ribs. She slid it down, over her belly button, until my hand pressed into her lower stomach, right above where I knew her womb lay.I gently stroked her skin, imagining our child inside her, the final result of the love we now shared. Her fingers held my hand against her, and she smiled as I touched her there."I want to. You're the.