"Crew, Lucy," daddy said. "Crew ... not screw. They're going to help Niels get the boat to Chicago." Oh ... my mistake," she apologized. She wasn't ap...logizing to daddy ... she was speaking to us. She was still pretty mad about the prenup. Of course, she couldn't leave it alone, mothers, be they natural or step, are like that, yeah, they are."David, I've seen how you look at your sister ... and..." she looked at my crotch."Daddy ... go away. I need to explain something to my stepmom."So daddy. .. thanks, mom." My bedroom has a private half-bath, but the only shower is in a common bathroom down the hall. I was still smiling to myself as I stepped inside and closed the door. I slipped off the bathrobe and turned toward my reflection in the full-length mirror on the back of the door. Just shy of 40 years old, I was still proud of my face and figure. Out of habit, I tucked strands of my light-brown hair behind one ear. I have green eyes above a small, slightly upturned nose and full. Shannon broke the embrace and looked me up and down. "You're better dressed than Mike," she said. Mike was the asshole Mary was dating when I met her. He was her high school sweetheart and took advantage of her. Mary feared turning into her mother, of becoming a whore and running off with another man, so she stayed with Mike even after she thought he had cheated on her. One of these days I was going to get around to punishing the guy for how we treated her."You better not break her heart,. "My roommate has a class right now."It was only a short walk, with me trailing behind, and never letting himget too far ahead. As we entered the deserted dorm, he took a hunted lookaround the hall, and pulled me inside. He slammed the door behind me andlocked it."Look," he said. "I have to go to a class too, so I just thought I shouldtell you. I'm not gay." I'm not gay either," I said.Relief mixed with disappointment flooded his face. Then he flushed red."I'm sorry," he stammered. "I.