He closed the gap and kept his arm securely against me. A shiver rolled through my body. He smiled down at me. He knew, he had to. And he was just pla...ying into it. ‘I’ll see you back downstairs, Nate,’ I winked at him as I exited the elevator. One of these days, I was going to grow a pair. ________________________________________ It always amazes me when I see these TV shows with doctors having sex all over the place. Hospitals are really too populated to do that. The extra rooms all had. Because it's considered a woman's job? I don't want youcleaning because you think it's a woman's job."I looked at her like she was crazy. I've cleaned the kitchen and helpedher around the house for years and now she thinks I'm doing it becauseit's a 'woman's job.' I chose not to respond to her remark. I picked upthe plates and carried them to the sink. I opened the refrigerator andfound a bottle of wine that Mother enjoys and poured her a glass. "Gosit down and relax, Mother." I demanded. "I'll. Immediately she blushed and began stuttering grasping for words before she hesitated for a moment then went into detail about how she and Janet had a fantastic time. What a big time liar she was. I made a few queries not pressing the matter very far.It never had been a practice up to this point to spy on my daughter but after the shenanigans of the previous evening I had decided to make it a priority. Only to protect her from the evil that takes place against innocent teenage girls in our. Only her strong hold kept him from a fall into the water. Dana helped him stumble up the cement walkway running from her small dock to her house. Each step was agony for him."Come on, now, I know this hurts like hell, but you have to keep going. The doctor is waiting for us and he'll make you all better." It sounded almost as if she was talking to a small child. He responded to her urging and made the effort to take one more step and another and another, helped by the short, sturdy framed woman.