” I was surprised at his frankness. John and I had been friends since we were in the fifth grade, and he was an open guy. Sex was part of our daily ...onversation but we had never discussed sex with Bella involved. I opened my mouth to say something but no words came out. “Well, she’s only fifteen. Maybe she’s not ready,” I said. Bella was a year younger than us. John nodded, then got to his feet and walked away.I tried to push our conversation to the back of my head for the rest of the morning. "I thought about it for a minute, and replied, "You get me one and I'll show you how I can get him off."***A few days later, my husband (Ron) called and said, "Fix a special dinner for your special guest Mary."'Oh,' I thought, 'he really had done it. He has found me a young black lover.'Ron arrived home and he filled me in. He met this young black man in the mall. He was a freshman at college and had played soccer in Africa. Ron said he asked Zola if he would like to make love to a white wife. Where the elevator sits used to sit a set of stairs leading up. Of course there used to be guards posted, but that is no longer the case. There is a moment of hesitation and the worker he passed seconds ago says, “Push the button. They are expecting you.” He turns and gives the woman an emotionless smile and presses it. The doors part immediately and he steps in. The doors close and begin to rise. Jonathan looks around for a button and doesn’t find one or a camera. Two seconds later it stops. "Same idea with my family and littles." Oh," I said."Plus she's truly the baby in our family with her height. She's reallyjust a smidge over betweener height... And the rest of us are tallerthan average! So she's never gotten big enough to give it back to themphysically." she sighed and I could tell she actually felt bad for hersister. "Why don't you come keep Mommy company while I redo my hair andmakeup," she told me with a smile and carried me down the hallway totheir room. She sat me down on.