Several hours later Marianne awakened when the knob on her bedroom door turned and the door opened. Though groggy from sleep she recognized the figure... which quietly shut the door and walked to her bedside."Daddy, I..." she began."Shut up!" he growled, the smell of alcohol strong on his breath."Please, Daddy, don't..." she started as he jerked back the covers to reveal her naked body in the moonlight which poured through the one high window. Cornelius had insisted she sleep in the nude and habit. "I'm not surprised," she commented. "Good idea phoning the shop, though. You've got keys to their house, you say? I can't think he'd be stupid enough to take her there, but it's worth taking a look, I think."Dulcie drove us up to Bents Green and I directed her to the house. I had no idea what we'd do when we got there and I was getting very anxious. We didn't park outside, rather, a few yards down the road.The house was rather untidy; the garden overgrown and we walked round by the side of the. Mary looked at Sandy and felt that heat rising again in her body.?Right?? Sandy insisted. ?The two of you are a lot alike.??You?re only 19 yourself, right, Sandy???Uh-huh, that?s me. Straight out of school, starting out in life.? She sounded amused. ?I really still need looking after, you know. Lucky me, I found you. And Jane, too.?Mary thought of another question, but it scared her. Instead, she asked, ?Why did you move out from Jane?s, anyway??Sandy shrugged. ?Thought I could have more fun. ’ ‘Just eat,’ she laughed nervously sipping the cider Josh had poured into a glass for her. She had planned it all in her mind, exactly what she would say and how she would do it but now, here in the moment, she was suddenly very nervous. ‘How was the lunch with everyone?’ She asked procrastinating. ‘Maryanne wanted to confirm her engagement party dates for May when everyone is home for the gathering, and she is considering November for the wedding, assuming no one has anything else planned,’.