”“You do realize there’s a fundamental difference between getting through adversity and allowing a child molester to continue to abuse your sist...er, right?”“I know that’s how you see it,” I replied carefully. “Liz sees it differently.”“And how do YOU see it?”“I love Liz,” I said. “And even when she makes bad decisions, I’ll still love her. And I will always be there for her.”“And you would let this man into your home?”“Would you reject your own grandchildren because you didn’t approve of Liz’s. Even in the limited light coming into the kitchen she could see the woman's face form a wonderfully warm smile.To Kathy's horror, a few days after Andy moved in, a large packing case was delivered to the townhouse. When it was opened, Andy explained that the strange-looking contraption it contained was a torture frame and she proudly demonstrated how it worked. It utilized leather straps that Andy put on her wrists and ankles. The straps had eye-bolts that attached with snap-hooks to the frame. She has always been one to keep to herself ever since I had known her. She stayed in her room then came downstairs and said she was going for a bike ride. She came back an hour later, flushed and drenched with sweat, and I heard her go upstairs and turn the shower on... I said okay, this is my perfect chance if there ever will be one to see her nude! Problem is, how can I catch a glimpse of her with the door locked in the bathroom? Our guest bathroom floor is white marble-tiled, and when the. That's obvious just from looking around." Many of them did look around, so I milked it a bit longer (for some reason I was thinking of milking things). "You're all beautiful. Except when you get reminded of it, you're otherwise unselfconscious, natural beauties. It's a visual pleasure being in the same room as so much beauty. But as beautiful as you all are, I've just realized that your beauty wasn't Julia's criterion for inviting you today." -- That puzzled them. Julia was just smiling.