The bell rang and they all stood up and saluted the flag, said the Lord’s Prayer and then sat and listened to the announcements. The principal, a wo...an with a sharp voice, welcomed them back to school and wished them good luck. Then there were announcements about a scrap paper drive, about when the school store would be open, about changes in the school bus schedule and then one for war bonds and stamps, which were for sale in the front hall before and after school.The teacher stood, welcomed. Have you, Diana? Have you given away what is mine?”"I haven't been with another man, I swear, please don’t punish me, Master."Master? What the heck was that? He ran his hands all over her soft body and I would have said or done something, but she bent her head back and allowed him to touch her like that. She looked happy, relieved.I sighed. In all these years, I’ve never seen or heard my mom with another guy. Not like this. She had guy coworkers, but she never even as much as texted them. Yet. }{Isn’t that what these comic books and their movies are about?} Jean-Claude asked, {Hope and an escape from the tragedies of the real world?}{I think we can all agree,} Steven smiled, {The world would be a better place if we had real superheroes to help save us. Especially if they were all like Black Widow or Wonder Woman.}{Please excuse him,} Jean-Claude said, {He is still a boy at heart.}{Don’t tell me you wouldn’t want your dear little house wife to be a Supergirl Jean-Claude,} Steven. “That’s because I didn’t understand ... or believe. I couldn’t understand how Chester could want this for me, and I couldn’t believe that you would offer me something based on what I needed.”“What changed?” he asked.“That night, when you said I wasn’t ready. I was furious with you. I felt rejected. But, as soon as I lay down with Chester, I knew you were right ... that I’d have felt guilty. You had given me only what I needed, which was some intimacy that left me with a shred of virtue that was.