”“I want to do something with him,” she groaned. Her hands clenched tight.“But you haven’t,” I said. “Being faithful to someone is a cho...ce. It’s choosing to go against your desires to preserve something that’s important. Not to soil it with a fleeting moment of passion. And the fact you haven’t given in to your desires shows how important your relationship to your father is.”As I spoke, this strange guilt rippled through me. There was a version of myself that had cheated on Steve with Marissa.. "Yeah, but he sure wants to get to know you better." No, Jan, he's just kidding around. He doesn't want an old woman." Whoa!" I said with emphasis. "I'm very serious."The smile disappeared from the older woman's face. "Why?" she queried."Because... you ARE a beautiful woman," I said, "and at the risk of proclaiming myself a dirty old man, you are also, in my opinion, a very sexy woman."The smile reappeared, albeit a little shyly, as she bumped her shoulder into mine. "I'm too old for this. Why. If I was to guess, I expect you being there when she got done has something to do with it."Shrugging I said, "Who knows. Paula is pretty good at getting what she wants all on her own, and I don't think I am much of a bribe for anyone. Steve said he wanted someone she knew down there for when she came out to help clean her up. I am pretty sure I am not supposed to hang around once Jane takes her up to the scientists." Think what you want David, I know different," she said with a laugh. "You also. She could climb easily and we took a tent to sleep at the top. It took us almost 4 hours to reach the top but we made it. I was surprised that she lasted so long because it was her maiden trek. I have experience of climbing and trekking. She was all sweaty and tired so I made her sit down. I only made tent and fire for us to keep warm and boil some water for pasta. It wasn’t much but fulfilling to remove our tiredness. It was almost 10 pm at night and we were surrounded by nature at its best..