He took the damp knickers from her, folded them in half and laid them next to his place setting. It was very obvious what they were. He raised his eye...brow and then his glass to her. “Cheers, here’s to a great week end”. The waiter initially looked puzzled and then realised, he shook his head and sniggered.It was her turn to laugh. Her eyes screwed up and they laughed like a couple of teenagers. She loved it.He had picked her up early this evening in the driveway of the cottage she had rented.. One by one, each and every bottle was opened and its precious inebriating fluids sent to join the gin and tonic on a long journey through the sewers to the sea, or wherever. "There'll be a few pissed rats tonight," she thought! Having performed this tremendous and doubtfully sane deed of self-denial she looked long and hard at the cat."You're getting as fat as I am, Mr. Smith - and it won't do!"A look of hurt passed over Mr. Smith's furry face at these words. He loved Penny very, very dearly,. “But it is totally up to you if you stay clothed or come out in the nude like us. There will be lots of other people of all ages going about in the nude and I guess there will be many others who will stay clothed. Nobody will mind in the least which way you decide. You are sixteen tomorrow, Rhea, and I am just so proud of what my little girl has become. You are mature enough now to decide this one all by yourself. You also have some very lovely outfits to wear if you choose but if you come with. You were the first person he fell in love with and losing you so soon after he had let you into his heart was hard for him.”“Personally, I think you two would have had a rough time. Dad’s a bit possessive, and I think knowing what your step did would have eaten at him. The shock of what he did was a real wake-up call, and he had to do a bit of reassessing.”“Mum stuck with him, and I think he has finally come to realise what a gem she is and has let go of his past and got on with living a new.