She had said she did, but now, he was fraught with dread, that she might say no, when he proposed to her. He looked at her, sleeping peacefully n...estled into the crook of his arm, her head resting on his chest. He kissed the top of her head gently, so as not to waken her and he let his thoughts wander to the life they would have together. She wouldn’t have to work, there was no need for her to work. He was one of the state’s richest men, with a cattle ranch, and oil to boot. He. And when you look at his secretary, one of these thin twenty-year-olds . . .”“Thin twenty-year-olds aren’t all they’re cracked to be, you know,” I tried to cheer her up, “I for instance don’t fancy that type at all. I like real grown-up women.”“Are you serious?” she asked happily. I could tell be looking at her face that my remark had an immediate effect on her.“Of course I’m serious,” I said, “otherwise I wouldn’t say something like that.”“Do you find me attractive?” was her next. They’ll all be fit and muscular, the women just as fit and sexy. They’ll be able to see me and understand why I had to keep my suit on.”“It isn’t that way at all. And, what happened to ‘all those fat old men’ you were afraid of seeing you naked? Nobody judges anybody else. They look, then that’s it. You’ll be the same way.”She picked up the brochure again and scanned it. Tossing it to one side, she chose a two-page flyer for a naturist place at a hot springs in the mountains. They did show some. ."I was totally stunned. There I lay, half naked, worried about dying, and they were saying what? They weren't going to kill me, they were talking about sex!   I was still scared, no, I was repulsed, but I also felt a sense of relief I wasn't going to die."Have you ever had sex with a woman before?" Rachel asked.I shook my head vigorously, trying to convey to her that not only had I not had sex with another female, I didn't want to start now!About that time the wine arrived. Susan made the.