On Friday, when I had to go back to work, her mother came over for a few hours and kept an eye on her for me. Heather took a month leave of absence fr...m her work. They gave her her accumulated sick days and even advanced her an extra week of vacation so she’d get paid for three of the four weeks she was out. Her friends from work took up a collection and put together a little basket of food items and brought it over to her. She accepted it and for the hundredth time people said how sorry they. What Steve didn't know was that there would be no bra today.A pair of wraparound sun glasses was parked up in her lovely red hair and she wore what seemed to be a wide blue band to keep her hair in check. She flashed him a glimpse at a container of 24 Sun Block and smiled. His smile and quick acknowledgement confirmed that the outfit passed inspection. She was a striking picture on this particular morning."I'm ready," she chirped."You certainly are."He openly admired the sexy woman with whom he. There was something I noticed about my dad. The older I got, the smarter he got. We hardly ever argued anymore.Mom would come out and sit with us and I couldn't believe I could still see the love between them. It wasn't huggy, kissy or anything like that. It was watching the two of them smile; simple things like that.One morning as we sat on the porch drinking our coffee a car drove by and honked the horn. Dad raised his hand, waved and smiled. It was a young girl who looked to be about. "He was wearing a stocking over his head and when I saw another face, this one wearing a ski mask, I thought I was going to be gang-raped. I was surprised when the second man grabbed the hand holding the knife and I think I heard him break the rapist's arm. Then he hit him and dragged him off of me."He reassured me and told me that I was going to be alright. He said that the rapist wouldn't hurt anyone ever again - but I didn't realise at the time what he meant by that."He told me his name was.