The next turn was here. I was stunned by the question. We had never spoken about this and after 'the event' nothing adult entered or conversation. I needed to be honest.
"I have no problem with it at all. Recently I've started going to the clothing-optional section and I've made a few friends."
Jesse sipped and looked at me over the rim of her glass, "Not the dad I grew up with."
"A lot has changed, my daughter."
She smiled, "So I see. You seem a lot happier. What happened?"
"I met somebody online."
"Really? Do I get to meet her?"
"No, it's over. We were circles in a Venn diagram. We overlapped and had an amazing, and for me, enlightening time, but we both knew it was temporary. But it changed me."
Jesse leaned back, "So, my buttoned-down old man now walks around the beach naked."
