Now near 50s she know she made the right decision, life with him had been so easy, not the typicall brat every mum at her work always complain aboutIt...started as a big dry stain on his boxer around 16 and most like every mum didnt say a word about it, actually happy for her son to discover joy and living throught his sexualitybut it became more and more frequent, on saturdays doing the laundry a month only 1 or two were stained but then 2, 3 then a month had pass . 4 and 5 out of 5 where stain. You know I’m no silly school girl.”“No, you’re definitely not. May I ask what happens with you and your grandmother?”“When I agree to the match with Hideki, and grandfather passes to the next life, I will assume her role. But we both know I will do nothing without her blessing and permission. It must be her house until she, too, passes to the next life.”“Very wise for someone so young,” I said.“I believe you said something about traditional Japanese culture making me a woman at an early. The income from the work her mom did as a seamstress was hardly worth mentioning, but at least they owned the shack they were living in.Several weeks after her dad’s demise, Cathy’s mom, Mable, decided to have a serious talk with her daughter. Her practical mother informed her that she would now have to contribute to their income. The mother’s plan was to get her beautiful daughter to pay for all their grocery needs. Rufus, a well-off neighbour, was the man that Cathy’s mom had decided to offer. We expected more pieces. You do have more, don’t you?” he asked as we entered the room.“Of course,” I said, subconsciously adopting a bit of his snooty tone, “just not for you.” Clarice nodded subtly to me. The room was large, but I couldn’t see that it was too big. Clarice pulled Melody aside and left me to Caldwell. What the fuck? He was conducting a meaningless tour of the space and listing a bunch of names of artists who had shown there. It seemed like his entire purpose was to put me in.