Somewhere in the middle of the night I must have been too warm because I was naked except for a pair of lacey panties. Donning my robe without bothering to put anything else on, I made my way into the entertainment room. I discovered I was the first one awake. For a few minutes, I sat on the couch staring at our tree, lost in thought. Dad's laptop was sitting right in front of me, but I didn't reach for it at first. Until I remembered the story he had mentioned to me last night. Curiosity won out and soon enough, I was sitting up on the couch, leaning my back against the arm with his laptop propped up in my lap.
Once I started reading the story, I couldn't stop. It was riveting right from the word "go". It was written from the young girl's point of view. From the start, my dad described h
