Good story. Although, at $500 over budget, 24 swats with the paddle seems like she got off easy. A small price to pay for such an overage.

As I walk out onto the balcony, I find you, standing at the railing of our rooftop suite, naked as the day you were born, basking in the warm Brisbane sun. Eyes closed as you tilt your face to the sky, you don't see or hear me walk up. I gaze at your body, drinking in the bare, womanly shape. My eye...

"Uncle Gary, I'm bored," Katie whines, "This is the last weekend of Christmas break and I have to go back to college on Monday. Can't we do something fun, tonight?" Gary pauses from playing his guitar and looks at his adopted Niece. "Don't you like my music?" "Well...