.. that's the reason for my little gift." But... but... " She looked at her laughing child, "Why?" I have thought about this a very long time... even ...before that day that when you sat down next to me... when she was but a small infant." I pushed a leaf with the end of my cane. "I have set aside a nice little sum of money for her to be used for college education... in a trust. There's enough that if you should have any other children come along... they'll be covered as well."She had tears. I had to keep repeating in my mind the instructions my Daddy gave me earlier this week. I started to fidget nervously, consciously aware of how wet I was becoming. I walked up to the correct room and took a deep breath, closed my eyes and entered, immediately falling to my knees.I heard some rustling coming from within the room, and shortly my Daddy came up, systematically putting on a blindfold, collar, and leash. He wordlessly tugged on the leash, and I crawled toward the direction he pulled. "Got nothing else on, and my liver could do with a break." Mm. Maybe. Ask me tomorrow."Her eyes glittered as she grinned and topped us both up again..:.I staggered into the flat sometime after midnight, only just sober enough to kick off my heels and wash my face. My feet ached from the long walk from the station, and I cursed once again my inability to stay sober around Sophie.I drank a glass of water, and popped some aspirin against the headache I knew was coming. I picked up my coat and hung. TOM!Oh, My God! What had she just done! Not even two nights away from home and she'd already cheated on Tom. No way could she talk to him now ... No, but she had to. She had promised him ... She couldn't! He'd hear it in her voice. He'd know she had been unfaithful.'Besides, ' she thought as she dragged herself back to bed, 'what time is it? Maybe it's too late to call.' She looked at the bedside clock. 10:13. That's only 7:13 in California; not too late at all ... Maybe he's not even home..