You coming to say hi?”“Uh-uh…You can have all of that fun to yourself,” I said. “Remember, Teddy,” she said sternly. “This is our little...secret.”She leaned down and gave me a kiss on the cheek. Then her lips moved to my ear, lingering for a long second. “Don’t stay up too late, you big tiger,” she whispered. I watched her make her way back up the garden path in her high heels, her hips swaying more than usual. I tilted my head to get a better view when, suddenly, she stopped and bent down to. " Water skiing? That sounds like fun. Who are we going with?" My lawyer Darius Booker and his wife Tina and their friends Ken and Gloria Reynolds. Darius is the only one of them I've actually met, but he's a good guy." Where are we going, and how are we getting there?" Lake Berryessa, and we're driving. We're supposed to leave about 9am. Darius has a houseboat and a ski boat for the day, so we can eat lunch and relax on the water when we're not skiing. The plan is to stop for dinner on the way. She left home late in the morning and came home early. But she looked tired when she came back home. It didn’t look like a normal job that my mom did at her office. Her boss is using her up beyond her capacity.Her birthday finally came, and she arranged a small party at our home for her colleagues. Everything went well. She even introduced me to her boss, and I saw them exchanging wicked smiles. The last person to leave our home that day was her boss.I went upstairs in between and came back. "No, this is going to cost you in other ways." What do you mean?" Well, for a start, I want you to stop hassling me about paying rent and getting a job during the summer, because I'm sick of hearing that shit from you." Done," I said. Given how ineffective my hassling had been, this seemed to be a small price to pay."Your real repayment, though," she said, uncrossing her legs, "is that, for the rest of the summer, you are going to become my plaything, unless you want my sister, your wife, to.