She led him into the living room where they sat on the sofa together and began to watch television. She wouldn’t let him have the remote control, so...he began tickling her side until she gave it up. He looked at her and grinned a devilish grin before flipping to the movie channels. His hand stopped pressing the control once he turned to a channel where a girl was performing a strip tease for her lover. He chuckled as he set the remote down and wiggled his eyebrows in her direction. Wanting to. As I stepped off the porch I heard the door close behind me. When I entered my house I heard the shower running in the bathroom and someone puttering around the kitchen. Since Dad never cooked, I figured that it must be Mom in the kitchen and Dad in the shower. Smart eh? I went toward my room, but Mom must have heard me come in and she yelled, ‘Mickey? Where have you been young man?’ ‘Around, I’ve just been around, Mom.’ I replied. She replied, ‘Yeah, I bet you’ve been around. Now come in here. “I do,” Mom gulped and answered me.“Then, by the power vested in me by the State of Florida, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride,” I told Michael, even as I noticed how much weaker and thinner Mom was now, “I present to you, my friends, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schulman.”Those present, of course, were very few in number, but they included Amy, Oswald, Anastassia, Anastassia’s new friends Luz and Corazon, Luz’s husband Miguel, and Corazon’s boyfriend Joey. Her own family avoided. " Do you want to leave now or do you want to see if you can break me?" I asked."I don't want to break you. I'll break my heart later when you leave but I'll not try to stop you. You'll have to promise that when you finish with your plan that you'll find me and give me a chance to try to see if we can make the merge. It is possible that I may already be married with kids but I'd still want the chance to decide at that time. When you finish school, I'll become the momma bird pushing you out to.