The furnace had gone out, so it was me, my wife, and my
15 year old daughter all stuffed into one big bed. There was
an incredible storm outside, and even though my daughter was
nearly 16, she still asked to sleep in between my wife and
I.
As I leaned over to kiss my wife goodnight, I felt a
brief wash of warm breath on my neck. I placed my arm over
my daughter's body to brace myself and I felt soft and warm
skin press briefly against my forearm. As I leaned back over
to my side of the bed, my daughter stretched beneath me, and
I felt some raised and fleshy part of her young body brush my
bare chest. I saw her look at me with her eyelids low and
her mouth slightly apart. She had a strange, dreamy look in
her eye as she sighed goodnight and touched me briefly on my
arm.
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