Now That Daddy’s Gone – Chapter One
A farmer’s wife is neglected by her husband so she turns to her son for comfort and contentment, even though they know what they are doing is wrong. Peter Balfour tied his horse to the hitching rail outside of his family’s small farmhouse and slapped his Stetson against his thigh to remove the dust. He watered the horse, took off the tack and led the animal to the barn. He was dirty, dry and tired; it had been a long day. He stretched and then smiled as he smelt the delicious aroma of dinner wafting from the open kitchen window. A strapping lad of nineteen he could just about eat his weight in groceries his mother often said. As he opened the back door the smell of something appetising increased and mingled with the scent …