I must have gotten a look of surprise when she said that, because she went on to say "Yes, said ANY help, and that's what I meant. I know Donna is old enough to start thinking of boys as more than just amusing toys, and I expect that Karen is starting to wonder what else can make her feel good besides just touching herself — which is what I think Wendy is just discovering. So if one of them is sure enough about what she wants that she's willing to come to you for help, I'm not going to fuss. I know that it'll be them coming to you, not the other way around; and that that's what you'll be doing — helping them. Thankfully, Doug left all this kind of stuff up to me, since all we had was girls; so I haven't had any problem with anyone else making them feel bad about being female, and all the perfectly normal and natural things that have happened, and will be happening for them. They don't think sex is shameful or dirty, just special; just like they've learned the same things about nudity — which is why Donna wasn't upset when you saw her that time."
After we'd each taken a pull off our beer, she told me "Honestly, Ted, I trust you. If I thought it was YOU doing anything TO them, I'd have your happy ass in jail so fast it would make your head spin. I know I keep saying this, but I know that you wouldn't do anything like that. Not only have I had plenty of time to see how you talk to the girls, and treat them, I also saw how you were when you told me about seeing Donna — and I don't think that anybody could have doubted that it really had been an accident, and that you really were sorry about it.