It was not long enough, he was soon taken from us. During thatinterim, my doctors told me something that I never told him. I was notsure he could bear...it, I knew he was going to die anyway, and he was sohappy with you, and I knew he would love you no matter what but I didn'twant to spoil his dream of having a, "little Butch" in the world, alittle mister Mullens to carry on the family name." So I don't get it...?" I shouted. "I could still carry on the familyname, right?"Another long pause."The. Her face is flushed, and she doesn't quite know where to look, although I notice that she takes furtive little glances at you as you blatantly pleasure yourself. I hand her a folded twenty dollar bill in which I have hidden my business card with my mobile phone number underlined, and looking her straight in the eyes I say, “If you are free tomorrow, we could get to know each other a little better. Give me a ring on my mobile during the day, and we can fix a time and place. In fact, why don't we. He walked to the counter and saw Susie the young Asian woman who worked the morning shift at the store. Susie was a slim 22 year old woman but she had curves in all the right places and it was obvious she worked out. Jamel knew that Susie liked him and wanted to get with him. He figured if there were any copies of the game he wanted left she would hook him up. Jamel walked up to the counter and smiled. “Hey Susie, you pretty lady you.” Susie blushed and smiled. “Hey Jamel. What can I do for. “Yeah, I know.” Nathan swiveled in his computer chair to face me. He leaned against the armrest, fist pressed against his cheek. “You were peeking through the door.”“You knew?” I asked. I didn't catch his eyes shift toward the door that night. Not once. “How did you—?”“You left the door cracked, Rena.”Duh. “Oh... right.” I fell silent. I wanted to say something, but the right words eluded me. I hadn't thought of what to say beyond telling him that I saw him and mom fucking. Nathan just sat.