..just haven't exactly showered in about a week...I don't want your first experience with me...down there..." She gestured, embarrassed "To be when I.....well..." She hesitated, blushing a deep red. "When I stink..." Oh...that's what that smell is..." He laughed and tried feebly to defend himself from her sudden flurry of blows, but she was on top and had greater reach and he took a few playful whacks for his joke. "Ow, ow, I surrender!" he whispered.Anne, now sitting on her brother's lap felt. She was so stunningly beautiful that it just about took his breath away. She wore a bell-shaped hat with a wide brim. Intense, deep brown eyes looked up at him with crystalline drops of water clinging to her thick eyelashes. Her face was narrow with a long nose, a wide mouth, and perfect skin the color of milky tea. Rich brown hair—almost black, but not quite—cascaded around her face in long, loose curls. He was reminded of the women he met attending a friend's wedding in New Delhi, but this. During the ride you stretch your legs out along the seats next to you. As time passes you slip down, you’re lying on your back, resting your head on my thigh. I run my fingers through your hair and massage your scalp. My fingers knead the muscles in the back of your neck, they work their way up your cheeks, till my thumbs find your temples. While I massage your scalp, my fingers start to move through your hair. As I gently pull your hair you can feel me draw the tension from your body with. Something's happened."Marlene Henderson looked alarmed. What had happened? What tragedy had befallen her family? What?"Mom," Tess tried again, "It's OK! It's not... something terrible... But it's pretty bad." What? What?"It had just occurred to me. Tess' mother's name was Marlene, and Roy Junior's new girlfriend-cum-fiancé, was named "Charlene."Well, at least Charlene didn't look like Marlene. She looked like Tess.But, I digress. Marlene Henderson was alarmed, and Tess wasn't making any.