It’s been a year since you were last here, and I’d love to have you visit.”
We chatted for a while, making plans, and by the time I hung up, I felt better than I had in weeks. But you can thank his military experience for the muscled, champion swimmer you know. It took about an hour for the bleeding to stop and then we realized that my body was sticky with smears of pine sap.”
“Wait, so you were naked in front of your brother and this didn’t bother either of you?”
“Em, there was nothing erotic about what we were doing. And even though she assured me that her dates were just for fun and as a way to get out of the house, it was an uncomfortable topic for me. That is, until the night of the lunar eclipse. We never wanted to hurt Kate, and revealing our relationship this way was so far off our plan that we never even considered it a possibility.
