It was a cool and cloudy day in SoCal with a high chance of hard rain late in the afternoon. My wife was out of town for a couple of days. At around 3:15 PM, I was sitting at my desk, just finishing work for the day, when the doorbell rang. As I opened the door, I saw a good-looking female in her mid-20s dressed in a knee-length skirt and blouse. "Hi, what can I do for you?" I asked. "Hi, first, are you Janie's dad?" "Yes...

I am in my mid-60s and travel often for my job. I was currently nearing the end of the first week of a two-week trip, having arrived on Sunday. ***Thursday Late Afternoon*** I returned to the hotel from my customer’s site just before 4:00 PM. I had worked through lunch, so I was hungry. I dropped my computer off in my room, quickly washed up, and headed out to the car to find a restaurant. As I exited the elevator and ent...