"I tried not to look anxious as I imagined my paycheck evaporating."Go on," I suggested plainly.Her eyes started to tear up. I tried not to smile as m... mind suggested a fantasy. It wanted me to race to hug her, to tell her everything would be okay, to use that closeness to seduce her. I concentrated on listening to her."I was a little distraught when the Dean sent me the email asking to arrange for you to be here," she said. The tears in her eyes threatened to spill out. "He wouldn't have. . Scurried atop, making a mad dash covering the short distance with an extreme sense of urgency, slamming closed the door behind her... Too late! Foot wedged prohibiting its complete closure dissipating the faint glimmer of hope still remaining... Applying slight pressure reminding her of both his presence along with the realization should he choose to revert to brute strength, forcing his way in thereby leaving her at the whims and mercies of her would be assailant...Vulnerabilities exposed. M.Me: hellohim: thought you weren’t gonna answer. come over at 6, i have a surprise for you.me: i…. i looked at the phone and saw he had already hung up. that’s basically how our relationship worked. he would call or come over when he had time and we would have sex or dinner or both.i looked at my watch and saw it was 5:35. i called an uber and gave them the address. i got to M.M’s house at 6:07. i knocked and his friend Fred opened the door.me: hey Fred, what are you. I'd always have to run to the bathroom and pretend I was showering when Mom got home so she wouldn’t ask why I was naked." Why would dad hide the fact that you misbehaved and got hit for it?" Aaron is still confused."I guess he knew he went too far. I was quite a handful back then. The last time he did it I was in so much pain that I threatened to tell Mom. He started just grounding me after that. In the end I stopped acting up as much too."Christina can not tell because it is dark, but Aaron.