Her arms were wrapped around her bent legs and she gave me a weak and almost relieved smile as I walked into the room with her clothing. The matching... leopard panties were on the floor beside the bed. “I think you dropped these, Lynn.” I said.I walked over to the bed and laid them on the foot of the bed before leaning over to kiss her. The kiss was loving; but she made no move to loosen her protective posture. So after an all too short embrace I backed up a few inches and looked down into. Ken began drinking more heavily and behaving more rudely in front of his wife. One day when we were alone he confided that they were having problems. Yumi was unhappy in America; she wanted more autonomy but, by his own admission, Ken was too overprotective to grant it. He characterized her demands as nagging. For a moment I was secretly afraid I would not be able to see Yumi as often, but Ken reassured me. They con- sidered my presence a welcome distraction. The frequency of my invitations. I live alone, kind of a tekkie introvert with no serious female relationship since my divorce. Nikki is the daughter of my ex-wife’s youngest sister. We always got along just fine so she called to ask me if Nikki could stay with me during a special college summer session close to where I lived. “Why not?” I thought. I remembered Nikki as a cute little nine-year-old the last time I saw her.When the red Mustang convertible pulled in the driveway I was sure surprised. The buxom beautiful blond. .”“I’ll take that as a yes.”“Sh ... she was embarrassed...”“But not too embarrassed to screw some low-life!”June looked stunned.“She never said anything about that.”“Look, June, I loved ... I love Gail. Yes, I wanted her to work on herself, not because I didn’t love her just the way she was, but for her own health and self-image. Instead, she kept pushing me further and further away, was unreasonably jealous and accused me of cheating without cause. Then, I find out that she was cheating on.