"Yeah," he said, so rattled he had to keep himself from swaying.

"Good night," she said and before he knew it he was watching her ass shimmy down the hall. Dale picked her glass off the table and raised it to his nose. He sniffed at the glass, and smelled her breath.

<<Katie wakes her father with a slick surprise.>>

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The next night was a family night. Robert would be leaving for school the next evening and Katie would leave the day after that. So the family was gathered in the living room and watching something, Dale wasn't really sure what. Katie elected to sit next to him on...