Chapter 2

Margot’s affair with Raymond paid off handsomely when he became Managing Director of Networks GB: and the demands of her new executive status, soon detached her even more from home life. Networks absorbed her time and it was only on weekends that Dan and Janet were more likely to see her at home.

Janet and Dan found their own niche in this order of things too. Janet welcomed the freedom from parental control that brought an empowerment she hadn’t known before.

Dan found the house and minder duties almost liberating; no financial responsibilities to fret over and a juicy Lucy to spice things up. But he would cover his duties meticulously and give Margot no room for complaint.

When Margot was home he would mostly busy himself in the garden or the garage to give Janet time with her mother. But Janet wasn’t over eager for her Mom’s company. In fact the girl seemed seek him out and watch what he was doing and asking him things. They had become friends; because in a way they had both been loners.

At college Janet knew she lagged behind in the sexy figure league. She’d noticed how those with prominent breasts and curves clubbed together socially. Then there was the boyfriend count and who had dumped whom. She just didn’t seem to figure in any of it. She’d be glad to finish with study altogether and do something stimulating.

But unexpectedly she’d found an unlikely buddy. It seemed like Dan had landed on her lonely shoreline; and she had found him as she’d trudged along the breaking waves. It was the first time she had felt like that over someone.

Dan not only enjoyed her conversation but was also interested in what she thought and did.

But he was a lot older of course. It occurred to Janet that Dan could almost be the older brother she had daydreamed of! He was strong looking yet with kind eyes. He had shown her a new way to do her hair and it suited her. And he said she needed to update her clothes!

On her sixteenth birthday Dan had driven Janet down town to the big stores. First they had lunch in a small restaurant. To Janet it felt like her first date; being with a man on her own, and when his hand touch hers she felt strangely feminine.

“Well Janet if we’re through here lets go and find a dress that you sparkle in!” Dan’s eyes twinkled and for the first time, slipped his arm round her waist as they left.

At the store Janet tried on various dresses before Dan helped her make a good choice. It was a tasteful knee length dress with pretty neckline. It sheathed her waist before flaring over the hips.

When she emerged from the changing room wearing it, Dan’s groin had fizzed. He realised then how much he lusted for her. Before leaving they also choose a pair of high heel shoes. When they had got back to the car Janet took out the shoes.