’Dan follows in behind her boyishly, ‘Can I give you a hand with anything Val?’Turning my head, I take a look at Jez;; her dark brown shoulder-l...ngth hair; her vibrant expression; her new breast declaring that her dress is to small; she was nearly beautiful and she should now be wearing a bra!I gaze back through the window to hide my emotions;That fleeting image of her responding to his touch had so aroused me!I answered Dan, “It would help if you could read her bedtime story for me Dad.”‘Yea,. She had not said one bad thing about her dead husband and he assumed that she loved him, and that was why she had stayed despite the beatings. Pity aside, he wanted to teach her tenderness. Looking at her he figured she probably already knew passion, but tenderness was another matter. He wanted to see her bloom into a self-confident woman and mother, the kind of fiery, feisty red-head his own Irish mother had been, and that her coloring and name indicated she might someday become. And in all. As the other slowly joined them, she brought up the recorded readings."I swear, it looked like some kind of Star Wars battle. Like we came out in the middle of some invasion. What kind of planet were you sending us to, Daium?!"Anthony saw Daium catch his eye. Obviously, Alicia knew it had been Anthony's idea, and exactly what the planet was. They had five days to plan and talk things out, after all. Still..."Yeah, Daium, what's the big idea? You should know better!" He watched her four eyes. She looked stunning, standing with her parents at the entrance to the living room.“Wow, Lori, that’s a great dress,” I said. “You look really beautiful.” I started to blush.“Do you think so?” she said, and then twirled around, causing the bottom of the dress to flare out, showing her bare thighs. “You look pretty good yourself; I haven’t seen you in a jacket for a while.”My parents wished her a happy birthday, and we piled into the car, Lori and I in the huge back seat. Lori moved to the centre.