Zij had niet anders verwacht.'Zet je koffers maar hier even in de gang neer, Roberta.'Ik zet mijn koffers neer en ga voor haar de trap op, naar haarka...toortje.Met haar hand wijst zij naar de bank en zegt: 'ga zitten.'Zij gaat tegenover mij achter het bureau zitten. Dan vervolgt ze: 'ikzal je eerst vertellen hoe ik heet. Ik ben Helga Peterson. Je kan mijmevrouw Helga noemen. Als ik je goed heb begrepen, heb je geen geld omde huur een maand vooruit te betalen?''Nee mevrouw Helga. Ik had de huur. “My mother,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it myself. But she was sitting right next to me at the table, eating off of my plate. She acted like she’d expected it.”“Your father?” there was fear in his voice.“He doesn’t know, and she won’t tell him. She says he must never know ... that she’ll never see her grandbabies ... but that she remembers what it was like to fall in love.”“That’s just ... ridiculous!” said Flossie, sounding worried.“Oh,” said Nathan, crushed. “It’s okay. I know I’m just a. I wanted to stay with him because he's off from work all day today. I haven't been able to help myself as the feelings that I have for Daddy are growing more intense day after day. Night after night, I ache for him. I've been tempted to climb in his bed more times than I can count. I know that any kind of line crossing that way would be wrong in his eyes. And Daddy would never do such a thing. Not ever. But I can't help but want him in every way possible. I think about him all the time and. I hit the shower the minute I reached home, I was smelling of sweat and sex. The warm shower refreshed me and I changed into a t-shirt and tracks and sat down for dinner. I finished my dinner quickly and told my folks I would be either late or would be staying at a friend’s house and got out of the house. I made sure none of the nosy neighbours were around when I rang Meena’s doorbell, she was at the door right away, she let me in and closed the door behind her. She must have had a shower.