He vomited out all the details about the secret meeting he had with this girl and her boyfriend, planning how to reenact his story. And he sheepishly ...told me she was twenty-four. What every woman fears – a younger woman. Insecurity raged inside me. My butt was too big. My tummy not flat enough. Too many wrinkles around my eyes.The only thing that poured out my mouth, “And she’s pretty, you said?”He nodded, “Very.”This cut me like a knife. But, why did it matter if she was pretty? Would an ugly. I rushed back to the motel, hoping my wife was enjoying herself and appreciated my giving her space. I had only been away for less than fifteen minutes, but as I walked down the hall toward our room, the noises coming from the room let me know things had advanced. I got the key into the lock and saw my wife laying on her back. Her head was at the foot end of the bed. From my viewpoint, I could see the guys BDU's strewn across the floor, my wife's face was covered with one of the guy's asses. My. ~~~Dad and I sailed most of the afternoon until the wind dropped and, we had to motor home. I told Dad about my rescue of Cass, but nothing more.“You should be careful of Cass, she would eat you for breakfast,” he smiled.The look on my face must have given me away.“When, this morning?” Dad guffawed.He laid his hand on my shoulder for a moment.“We all have to learn sometime, and you would be safe with Cass, she won’t betray you,” he said.It was my last day with Dad, so we had dinner in the. Daniel headed for the living room for the phone, but as he turned into the room he saw Erato sitting in his lazy-boy this made him stop in his tracks. "I'm not here to hurt you, Daniel." She began. "I merely want to inspire you to write such enchanting stories." She waved her hand lazily and a section of the wall next to the recliner morphed into a fireplace and lit itself. "Its a little chilly in here don't you think?" Daniel just stood there in the doorway, stunned and speechless. For a.