Then, without fanfare, she said, “Let’s take a walk.” And she led me by the hand into our bedroom. I never thought twice about it. Without parents it felt like a honeymoon. It didn’t matter that she was fifteen years older than I. Next thing I knew, she was crying. The tingling of my penis. So when she came home she walked in to a decent meal, not a gourmet meal, but something that tasted good while it nourished her. They never had children, and I was led to understand that Nick forced her to have her tubes tied so they could never have children, and this was one of the reasons she divorced him. I liked that kiss too.” Her eyes looked into the distance. When I got out of my horrible marriage, you were eleven, and you actually knew enough to give me a back rub once in a while.
