Insects, too, are larger than they have any right to be, something which does plague us from time to time when something resembling a wasp takes too g...eat an interest in our activities and has to be beaten off with a rod fashioned from either salvage or the local flora. It is this fact, more than any other, they keeps us from venturing far from the beach. And then, there are the butterflies, the smallest of which have wings the size of my spread hands, the largest dwarfing even Jaspar’s, and. Spied the .38 again, but left it be. The mere thought of holding the damn thing was too much. I’d been cured of guns during a run-in with my father’s 20 gauge shotgun when I was fifteen. But that’s another story for another time.”Brookpark, Ohio. 1970. Another time.Saturday afternoon.I was watching TV in my bedroom. I saw rapid movement in the hallway outside my door. The old man had flashed by and into my parent’s bedroom. The old man never moved fast. Ever.“Uh, oh.”The night before I’d gotten. ’’Siara provided us with some chitchat and as a group we easily got to talking about everyday life. I could already picture him hanging out with us at school. Then suddenly he nodded his head towards Siara and me. “You two an item?”She frowned. “What, me and him? He prefers men, specifically older ones. He’s on his way of becoming a real daddy chaser.”“Si, shut up!” I lashed out. I liked her open-minded spirit, but she really had to learn that some things we’re simply not allowed to say in. Well, we did have a little less than 2 weeks and what was left over could be put in the trailer for next time.Up the elevator, through the door and back into the room, I think we were all pretty exhausted from our day. Mel took the bag of goodies over to the kitchenette and put things away. Looking around at the rest of us just collapsed into the furniture, she laughed and asked, "Anybody for a shower?" I'll bite," I said with a grin. Get naked with Mel? Not a chance I'll pass that one up.It.