‘You’ll never believe the awesome dream I had this morning…’ He caught her eye and winked teasingly. Blue wasn’t sure whether she wanted to ...laugh or just be confused that he seemed to want to stop when her own body was telling her go, go, go. John rubbed his hands over his face and groaned. ‘Oh, hell. What time is it?’ He grabbed onto her hand when she stood. ‘Uh-uh. Don’t go away.’ His thumb brushed back and forth over the back of her hand. ‘It’s about three-thirty. Quarter to four, probably.. I get a better grip of my towel and walk to behind you. I envelop your torso in the cloth, leaning my head to rest on your shoulder. I pull on the neat ribbon at the back of your cyan bikini, making sure the towels stays on. You put your hands up and I slide the top off of you with one hand while the other keeps the towel in place. I gesture you to hold the cloth in place, while I use my fingers to comb your hair back, and then onto your chest from the left side of your head. I cross my fingers. But I hope it does her some good, and when she volunteers to help out I always say yes. That’s why I had her filing away the new books in our library, and dusting the old ones.’ ‘She smiled so pretty when I came in and told her she’d done a good job and could leave. It didn’t seem wrong when she came to where I was standing near the door and said, ‘My pleasure, reverend.’ Even when she put her hands on my shoulders and gave me a little peck on the cheek, I thought it was just the way of a. All she ever wanted was to be a good little girl. She always did exactly what she was told. She respected her father and obeyed her mother's instructions to the letter. In school, she was the pretty blond girl who sat up in the first seat and generally knew the answers to all the questions the teacher asked to see who was really learning the lessons. The pastor loved to see her smiling face in church on Sunday and her innocent demeanor and attentive attitude was an inspiration to all the other.