Usually when Casey wakes up, he strolls before the mirror and looks himself over, expecting a dramatic change. And over the past few weeks he hasn’t... been able to see any change until this morning. Of course, this morning happens to be the one time he really doesn’t look... Casey walks up to the mirror, barely making a glance in it. He shrugs as he gazes through sleepy eyes. Last night was particularly long. Not just the work part but the sex part. Casey has been hornier than usual and that is. “Honey, I need to talk to you.” He led me over to the couch and we sat facing each other, knees touching, my hands in his. “Honey, I know you’ve just begun your doctorial programme and I shouldn’t say anything that might distract you, but I’ve made a life-altering decision of my own and need to share it with you. I’ve resigned my tenured professorship at the University and intend to devote my energies to consulting within the energy community. I also intend to establish a winter home in. .. I have needs, too. Just like him. Maybe even more so. but I never acted upon them. I stayed true. All this time..." I didn't say anything snarky, I just waited her out."I kept thinking, he would just belong to me at some point. But, he's up for admiral, and the stress of that and his age have ganged up on him. He can't... for the most part... um... he's not quite the man he used to be."I was crestfallen. My dad. The Navy hero. Shot down bad guys, highly decorated, almost an admiral, and he's. The tapes of his daughter masturbating? Responsible parenting. And so the circle of logic went.Even without her cooperation, the prosecutors eventually convicted her father of murder in the first degree. Without Amy's testimony, her father's defense attorney's claim of temporary insanity (brought on by the knowledge that his daughter had been raped) couldn't fly. Amy wasn't there to watch the verdict handed down though. She was too busy begging for water at the time.That first foster family.